The Board granted an earlier August 26, 2003 effective date for the award of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) on an extraschedular basis.
The deciding factor: The approximate balance of the evidence supports that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities first rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment in 1998, but a complete claim was not received within one year prior to June 2004, thus an earlier effective date than August 26, 2003 is not warranted.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25051772
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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