The Board granted an earlier effective date of August 31, 2020, for extraschedular total disability based on individual unemployability and basic eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's TDIU claim was part of his appeal for a higher rating for service-connected disabilities, and the effective date cannot be earlier than the effective date of the award of service connection for those disabilities. For DEA benefits, an earlier effective date is warranted based on the Veteran having a permanent total service-connected disability since August 31, 2020.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25106642
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