Granted
The Board granted an effective date of March 11, 2005, for the award of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and eligibility to Dependents Educational Assistance (DEA), resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports that the Veteran was last substantially gainfully employed in March 2005, which is the earliest date it can be factually ascertained that he became unemployable due to his service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25099435
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