Granted
The Board granted an effective date of September 10, 2010, for a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU) and basic eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA).
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment effective from September 10, 2010.
- Claimed conditions
- Seizures, Lumbosacral strain, Right lower extremity sciatica, Degenerative joint disease in both knees
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25021337
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