Granted
The Veteran is granted an earlier effective date of April 1, 2014, for the grant of individual unemployability and eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance.
The deciding factor: The earliest date factually ascertainable that the Veteran became too disabled to work is April 1, 2014, as per the November 2021 vocational assessment.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25028812
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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