Denied
The Board denied an initial compensable disability rating for service-connected COPD and denied earlier effective dates for the grant of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA).
The deciding factor: The Veteran's COPD did not meet the criteria for a compensable disability rating, and there was no evidence of worsening or intent to file a claim for TDIU within one year prior to February 28, 2023.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Interstitial Lung Disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25093959
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