Granted
The veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for Total Disability Individual Unemployability (TDIU) was granted, with the effective date set to May 17, 2011.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the veteran's service-connected disabilities precluded him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation from May 17, 2011.
- Claimed conditions
- eye disability, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25008282
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