As sometimes happens I discovered a solution shortly after posting the question. Started doing some diffs of previous dgrp files with those on the new system and found a significant difference with:
/etc/udev/rules.d/10-dgrp.rules
I changed the following:
KERNEL=="tty_dgrp*", PROGRAM="/usr/bin/dgrp_udev %k", SYMLINK+="%c", TAG="systemd"
to
KERNEL=="tty_dgrp*", PROGRAM="/usr/bin/dgrp_udev %k",SYMLINK+="%c", NAME="%c", GROUP="dialout",MODE="0660",OPTIONS="last_rule"
I'm curious if there is a better way or if something with Debian 10 instructions/configuration was left off? I only play a sys admin when I have to. This one took me a solid day. Excuse me while I pat myself on the back...