The Veteran's PTSD was evaluated as 100 percent disabling, effective from the date of claim on April 6, 2004. As a result, the issue of entitlement to TDIU is dismissed by operation of law.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has been granted a total schedular evaluation for PTSD from the date of his claim (April 6, 2004).
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of bilateral orchiectomy, chronic epididymitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 18, 2014
- Citation
- 1411209
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for service connection for chronic testicular pain and a higher rating for chronic epididymitis due to the AOJ's failure to develop these issues properly. The Veteran is seeking service connection for chronic testicular pain that he attributes to his service-connected chronic epididymitis.
- Granted
The Veteran's chronic epididymitis is found to have begun during active service and the Board grants service connection for this condition.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeals for increased ratings for Bell's palsy and chronic epididymitis, as well as his claim of service connection for PDD/anxiety due to untimely filing of the VA Form 10182.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for chronic epididymitis and erectile dysfunction was dismissed as the issues have been fully resolved in favor of the Veteran.
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