The Board has granted an earlier effective date of September 14, 2012 for the grant of a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's TDIU was found to be warranted as of September 14, 2012, when he filed his initial claim for increased ratings for his service-connected disabilities and the criteria for a TDIU were met based on the combined rating being at least 70 percent.
- Claimed conditions
- post-operative right inguinal hernia, residuals of left hand frostbite, right index finger limitation of motion, ilioinguinal nerve neuritis, right inguinal scar, spermatic cord injury with right testicular atrophy, right forefinger scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- July 30, 2024
- Citation
- A24041902
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection due to a failure by the agency of original jurisdiction (AOJ) to provide notice of the Veteran's right to a hearing and to readjudicate the claims after fulfilling this requirement.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for ratings in excess of the current levels for various conditions have been withdrawn.
- Partly granted
The veteran's claim for a compensable disability rating for inguinal hernia was denied, but a separate 10 percent disability rating for painful right and left inguinal scars was granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and TDIU are being remanded due to a duty-to-assist error. The AOJ must obtain relevant disability determination records from the Social Security Administration, as well as any state or local disability claim records if provided by the Veteran.
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