The Veteran's TDIU claim was granted in a January 2021 rating decision, covering the entire period on appeal. As this grant resolved all issues, the Board dismissed the case as moot.
The deciding factor: The grant of TDIU covered the full period on appeal and thus rendered the issue moot.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety, depression, and paranoia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- April 13, 2021
- Citation
- 21021496
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for an initial disability evaluation in excess of 30 percent for service-connected chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety, depression, and paranoia and his claim for a total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to inadequate examination findings.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for an increased rating and TDIU benefits related to his service-connected chronic adjustment disorder with anxiety, depression, and paranoia is being remanded due to the need for additional medical examination and consideration of new evidence.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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