The Board previously granted a 100 percent rating for undifferentiated schizophrenia and dismissed the TDIU claim as moot. The case is being remanded to determine what effective date has been set by the RO, and to send the veteran a notice letter on the matter of entitlement to a TDIU.
The deciding factor: The Board previously granted a 100 percent rating for undifferentiated schizophrenia and dismissed the TDIU claim as moot due to the grant of a higher disability rating. The case is being remanded to determine the effective date and to send the veteran a notice letter on the matter of entitlement to a TDIU.
- Claimed conditions
- undifferentiated schizophrenia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 30, 2006
- Citation
- 0619322
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
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