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Granted

The Veteran's effective date for the award of a total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) and eligibility for Dependents Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 35 is granted as October 6, 2011.

The deciding factor: The criteria for an effective date of October 6, 2011, but not earlier, for the grant of TDIU and DEA have been met based on the facts found.

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 30, 2025
Citation
A25048263

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.

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