The Veteran's TDIU and DEA benefits are granted effective January 1, 2015.,Prior to this date, the Veteran did not meet the criteria for these benefits.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities were found to be unemployable as of January 1, 2015.
- Claimed conditions
- obstructive lung disease, chronic musculoskeletal left thoracic pain syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- September 9, 2024
- Citation
- A24054084
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 100 percent rating for obstructive lung disease and denied an earlier effective date, a compensable rating for rhinitis, and an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for rhinitis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the Veteran's respiratory disorder and exposure claims. The case will be returned for further development, including obtaining additional treatment records and requesting an addendum opinion from a VA examiner.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal for a compensable rating for obstructive lung disease has been withdrawn. The Board has also remanded the claims for increased ratings for migraines and TDIU due to headaches.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to lack of substantial compliance with previous remand requests. The claim for service connection for COPD is being returned for further development, including obtaining an etiology opinion on any respiratory disability found during examination or noted during the appeal.
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