Granted
The Board granted an effective date of February 1, 2021, for the total disability evaluation based upon individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) and basic eligibility to Chapter 35 Dependents' Educational Assistance.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation since February 1, 2021.
- Claimed conditions
- Left knee degenerative joint disease with left knee strain and meniscal tear, status-post left knee surgery, PTSD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25086445
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