Dismissed
The Board dismissed the issue of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability as moot, denied an earlier effective date for special monthly compensation, and established basic eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance from May 1, 2019.
The deciding factor: The Veteran is in receipt of a 100 percent schedular rating for PTSD with additional service-connected disabilities independently ratable at 60 percent or more, rendering the TDIU claim moot. The evidence does not support an earlier effective date for SMC and DEA benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25008705
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