The Veteran's anxiety disorder is rated at 100 percent disabling from March 1, 2012. The Board granted a higher rating for his service-connected anxiety disorder and dismissed the TDIU claim as moot due to the grant of a 100 percent rating.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the Veteran's anxiety disorder caused total occupational and social impairment, warranting a 100% disability rating under DC 9413. The combined schedular evaluation for all service-connected disabilities was sufficient to meet the criteria for TDIU, but the grant of a 100% rating for anxiety disorder rendered the TDIU issue moot.
- Claimed conditions
- Anxiety Disorder, Lumbar Spine Disability, Allergic Rhinitis, Tinnitus, Sinusitis, Onychomycosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 29, 2022
- Citation
- 22018354
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