The Veteran's claims for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA), service connection, and increased evaluations have been granted with an effective date of May 9, 2022.
The deciding factor: The effective date was determined based on the submission of a complete claim within one year of the filing of an intent to file a claim.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder conditions, left knee conditions
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 9, 2026
- Citation
- A26033177
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What this means for you
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- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's right and left shoulder conditions, finding that they are related to his in-service injuries.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand two issues related to the Veteran's left wrist and left knee conditions due to the need for additional development, including obtaining an addendum opinion from a VA examiner.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's duodenal ulcer is currently rated at 10 percent and the Board has granted a 20 percent rating. The remaining issues of service connection for diabetes mellitus type II, back conditions, left knee conditions, right knee conditions, bilateral foot conditions, gallbladder condition, and heart condition are remanded.,The Veteran's claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus type II, back conditions, left knee conditions, right knee conditions, bilateral foot conditions, gallbladder condition, and heart condition are being remanded due to the need for additional development of evidence.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected left knee conditions prevented him from obtaining and maintaining gainful employment prior to February 3, 2009. The Board granted entitlement to an extraschedular (ES) total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) for this period.
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