Denied
The Board denied an effective date earlier than October 17, 2022, for the award of a total disability rating for individual unemployability due to service-connected disability (TDIU).
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that in the year prior to October 17, 2022, it was factually ascertainable that an increase in the severity of the Veteran's cardiac disability had occurred.
- 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 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25109108
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