The appeal for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) is dismissed as the Veteran's TDIU claim is moot due to the grant of a 100 percent schedular rating for adjustment disorder with depressed mood and special monthly compensation (SMC).
The deciding factor: The Board finds that the grant of a total rating for the Veteran's adjustment disorder with depressed mood, which results in the Veteran having a 'total' (100 percent) rating for the period beginning September 19, 2022, and the grant of SMC for the entire appeal period, renders the Veteran's TDIU claim moot.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25023988
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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
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