Denied
The Board denied a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) before December 27, 2011, and an earlier effective date for the grant of basic eligibility to Dependents Educational Assistance (DEA).
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not prevent him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation prior to December 27, 2011.
- Claimed conditions
- Lumbar spine spondylosis, Type II diabetes mellitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 26, 2025
- Citation
- 25004066
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