The Board granted an earlier effective date of August 11, 2023, for the award of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities precluded him from securing and following substantially gainful employment consistent with his education and occupational experience from at least as early as August 11, 2023.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25036102
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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