Granted
The Board granted an effective date of December 5, 2022, for the award of a TDIU and basic eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports an earlier effective date due to continuous pursuit of entitlement to a TDIU following the March and April 2023 rating decisions by filing in July 2023 an application for a TDIU.
- Claimed conditions
- Lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease, Bilateral hearing loss, Status post left total knee replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25102697
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