Granted
The veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability from April 10, 2009, through March 19, 2014, and an effective date of April 10, 2009, for Dependents' Educational Assistance benefits.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran's service-connected disabilities precluded him from securing and following substantially gainful employment for the period in question.
- Claimed conditions
- major depressive disorder, lumbar strain/sprain, left foot drop, right foot drop
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 21, 2025
- Citation
- 25000706
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