The Board has determined that the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of TDIU was not timely appealed and thus, the December 2014 Rating Decision implicitly denied the claim. The Veteran's claim for increased rating for his mental health disability included a reasonable inference for a TDIU claim, which was also denied in the same decision.
The deciding factor: The claims were part of the same appeal stream concerning the same disability and involved essentially the same allegation (that a total rating was warranted).
- Claimed conditions
- Mental Health Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 21, 2023
- Citation
- A23036952
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- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the case must be remanded to obtain a medical opinion from a forensic psychiatrist or psychologist regarding whether the Appellant was insane at the time of his misconduct and discharge. The issue is related to service connection, but not about exposure to any specific hazard.
- Granted
The Board has granted an earlier effective date of May 3, 2017 for the Veteran's service connection for Individual Unemployability (TDIU) due to her mental health disability and PTSD. The decision is based on evidence showing that she was not unemployable until she filed her intent to file for TDIU in May 2017.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal of his mental health disability claim is dismissed. The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for low back and bilateral foot disabilities.
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