The Board has granted an earlier effective date of October 30, 2009 for the grant of a TDIU and basic eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 35 due to service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities met the criteria for a TDIU from October 30, 2009, when he filed his claim for service connection, and basic eligibility for DEA benefits arose on that date as well.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee osteoarthritis, lumbar spinal stenosis, degenerative disc disease of the cervical spine, right knee osteochondritis, fracture of left clavicle, restrictive lung disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- September 17, 2024
- Citation
- A24057248
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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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