The Board dismissed the appeal of the entitlement to a total rating based upon individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities because the AOJ has not adjudicated this issue in a RAMP or AMA rating decision or a SOC/SSOC issued on or after February 19, 2019. The Board lacks jurisdiction.
The deciding factor: The Board lacked jurisdiction to consider the TDIU claim as the AOJ has not adjudicated it in a RAMP or AMA rating decision or a SOC/SSOC issued on or after February 19, 2019.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired psychiatric disorder, shin splints
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 7, 2019
- Citation
- A19002633
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
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