The Board has dismissed the issue of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability prior to September 21, 2009 as it lacks jurisdiction due to the Appeals Management Center having granted the benefit in full.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the issue was not properly perfected for appeal and that the effective date assigned by the Appeals Management Center resolved the issue in full.
- Claimed conditions
- Individual conditions not specified
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 28, 2017
- Citation
- 1706053
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Denied
The Board has determined that new evidence does not support readjudicating the Veteran's claim for a total disability evaluation based upon individual unemployability as it is not relevant to his ability to work due to service-connected disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for TDIU on an extraschedular basis is being remanded due to the need for a new VA examination to address his employment history and functional impairment caused by his service-connected disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's TDIU claim is remanded for further evaluation due to the lack of schedular requirements and potential extraschedular consideration.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's claim for a total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disorders has been granted and is effective April 2, 2013. As the benefit sought has been fully granted, there is no remaining case or controversy.
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