The Veteran was granted a TDIU prior to September 28, 2018 due to his service-connected disabilities. The issue of a TDIU from September 28, 2018 is dismissed as moot because the Veteran's combined schedular disability rating reached 100 percent.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s service-connected disabilities (including peripheral neuropathy, high blood pressure, and COPD) precluded him from obtaining or maintaining substantially gainful employment prior to September 28, 2018. After that date, his combined schedular disability rating reached 100 percent.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral neuropathy, High blood pressure, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- November 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19183902
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Dismissed
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