Granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of February 15, 2019, for the award of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and basic eligibility to Dependents Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits.
The deciding factor: The evidence reasonably raised unemployability during the continuous pursuit of the February 15, 2019, claim for service connection for CAD, and the Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevented him from securing or following substantially gainful employment as of that date.
- Claimed conditions
- Coronary artery disease (CAD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25108756
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