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.
What you can do next
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