Granted
The Veteran was granted an earlier effective date for a total disability rating for compensation based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and basic eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) from June 20, 2014.
The deciding factor: The evidence placed the positive and negative evidence in approximate balance, warranting an earlier effective date in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 24, 2025
- Citation
- 25008303
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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