The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability and eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance, as there was no evidence that these benefits were factually ascertainable prior to January 15, 2024.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not indicate during the November 2019 VA examination that she could not work due to her service-connected PTSD with depressive disorder and alcohol use disorder in remission. The evidence does not show unemployability within one year prior to the claim, and there is no statutory or regulatory provision allowing an earlier effective date for DEA.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25098930
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