The Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is dismissed as moot because he has been rated 100 percent disabled due to service-connected PTSD with alcohol abuse since December 30, 2016.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's schedular rating of 100 percent for his service-connected PTSD with alcohol abuse means that there is no authority to otherwise rate him as totally disabled on any other basis, making the TDIU claim moot.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with alcohol abuse
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25034088
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A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot.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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- Denied
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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