Partly granted
The Board granted a total disability evaluation due to individual unemployability (TDIU) for the period from July 18, 2019, through October 20, 2020, and an effective date of July 18, 2019, but not earlier, for the grant of eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance Under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 35.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevented him from securing and following substantially gainful employment, meeting the criteria for TDIU.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Sleep apnea, Degenerative disc disease with intervertebral disc syndrome (DDD) with radiculopathy, left lower extremity, Degenerative arthritis of the right knee (previously rated as chondromalacia), Degenerative arthritis of the left knee (previously rated as chondromalacia)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25016778
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