Partly granted
The Board denied earlier effective dates for service connection of neuropathy conditions and hypertension but granted an effective date of October 12, 2022, for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and Dependents' Educational Assistance.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the lack of evidence showing entitlement to service connection prior to the dates awarded by VA in March 2023.
- Claimed conditions
- right upper extremity median and ulnar neuropathy, left upper extremity median and ulnar neuropathy, right lower extremity sensorimotor polyneuropathy, left lower extremity sensorimotor polyneuropathy, tinnitus, B-cell lymphoma, hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25084976
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