The Veteran is awarded an effective date for entitlement to a Total Disability Rating Based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU) from May 15, 2020, the date of his original claim for increased rating for service-connected left hand neuropathy.
The deciding factor: The Veteran met the schedular criteria for TDIU as of May 15, 2020, and there was an approximate balance of positive and negative evidence regarding this determination.
- Claimed conditions
- left hand neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- October 29, 2024
- Citation
- A24069472
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 948 · Granted: 52% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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.
- Denied
The Board has denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II and the related neuropathies of the hands and legs. The Veteran's current diagnoses are attributed to his non-service-related diabetes.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeals for service connection of right hand, left hand, right foot, and left foot neuropathy due to a lack of new evidence or error in previous decisions.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for left hand neuropathy and OSA as secondary conditions, but denied an increased rating prior to September 16, 2021, and granted a 100 percent evaluation from that date.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for type II diabetes mellitus, right hand neuropathy, and left hand neuropathy due to a need for additional evidence.
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