Your TDIU claim is dismissed as the Veteran has already received the benefit sought and there remains no error of fact or law for the Board to address.
The deciding factor: The requested benefit (TDIU) has been granted in full, resolving the issue in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- Obstructive lung disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 15, 2020
- Citation
- 20040488
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's obstructive lung disease is rated at 60 percent, but no higher prior to October 27, 2015, and after October 9, 2019. The rating for the period from October 27, 2015 to October 9, 2019 remains at 30 percent.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Veteran's right ear hearing loss is granted, and he is assigned a 60 percent evaluation for bilateral hearing loss.,His obstructive lung disease claim is remanded as the VA examination report does not include his DLCO (SB) results.
- Whole decision: Granted
The veteran's obstructive lung disease is related to his military service and the claim for service connection is granted.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found that the veteran's current lung conditions, including restrictive and obstructive lung diseases, did not pre-exist service or were aggravated by service. The Board concluded that these conditions are not related to his military service.
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