The Veteran's TDIU claim is dismissed because he has a total schedular rating and SMC at the housebound rate for his service-connected conditions, making the TDIU issue moot.
The deciding factor: A grant of a 100 percent schedular disability rating and SMC at the housebound rate rendered the TDIU claim moot as both were granted for the entire appeal period.
- Claimed conditions
- artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) revision residuals, recto-urethral fistula, parastomal hernia, ventral hernia, urostomy, colostomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 29, 2019
- Citation
- 19190074
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
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- Denied
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- Granted
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