Granted
The Veteran's effective date for the grant of a total rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) was granted as of August 21, 2020.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran became unemployable due to his service-connected disabilities on August 21, 2020, which is during the one-year period prior to receipt of his TDIU claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 8, 2024
- Citation
- A24064317
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
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