The Board granted an effective date prior to November 24, 2021 for entitlement to individual unemployability (TDIU) and Dependents' Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status.
The deciding factor: The Veteran was precluded from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation as a result of his combined disabilities, on an extraschedular basis, starting from the day after he stopped working in 2019.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25045128
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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