The Board denied the veteran's claim for a TDIU rating, finding that his service-connected schizophrenia does not render him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The veteran has maintained full-time employment with the U.S. Postal Service since 1986 and continues to do so despite experiencing psychiatric symptoms and taking time off due to stress.
- Claimed conditions
- schizophrenia, residual type
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 18, 2006
- Citation
- 0629632
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Decisions by this judge: 1,175 · Granted: 22% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's schizophrenia and depressive anxiety symptoms have been rated at a 70 percent disability rating since August 12, 2011.,The Veteran is granted TDIU due to his service-connected disabilities prior to September 25, 2019.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's increased rating claim for his psychiatric disability and TDIU claim are both remanded due to the need for new VA examinations, additional treatment records, and proper notice.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim is being remanded due to the need for a new VA examination to assess his current severity of service-connected schizophrenia, residual type.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's schizophrenia, residual type, is related to his service and grants the claim for service connection.
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