The Board granted an earlier effective date of February 10, 2010, for the grant of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance under 38 USC chapter 35.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered her unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation in accordance with her occupational background, supporting the assignment of an earlier effective date for TDIU. The grant of TDIU as of February 10, 2010, also serves as the appropriate effective date for DEA benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25017670
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