The Veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD with schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type, generalized anxiety disorder, and ADHD) is rated at 100 percent disabling. As the Veteran has a single service-connected disability that renders her unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment, the TDIU claim is moot.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's single service-connected acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD with schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type, generalized anxiety disorder, and ADHD) is rated at 100 percent disabling, which means she is totally disabled. As a result, her TDIU claim is rendered moot because the schedular rating for her disability is already at its maximum.
- Claimed conditions
- PTSD with schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type, generalized anxiety disorder, ADHD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- May 19, 2022
- Citation
- 22029814
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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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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.
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