Granted
The veteran is granted an effective date of January 1, 2018, for Total Disability based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities. The veteran is also eligible for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA).
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation as of January 1, 2018.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral spine degenerative disk disease, left lower extremity radiculopathy, other specified trauma disorder with persistent depressive disorder and alcohol use disorder in sustained remission
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25007676
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