The Veteran's TDIU claim is denied as his combined service-connected disability rating has reached 100%, rendering the issue moot.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's combination of service-connected disabilities, including a 100% schedular rating for psychiatric disorder and TBI, already meets the criteria for a 100% combined disability rating, thus making any claim for TDIU moot.
- Claimed conditions
- Psychiatric disorder, TBI, Migraines, Asthma, Right knee condition, Rhinitis, Residuals of a mandible and facial bone fracture, Facial scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- September 21, 2023
- Citation
- 23052378
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- Denied
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