Citation Nr: 21022390
Decision Date: 04/15/21	Archive Date: 04/15/21

DOCKET NO. 13-18 971
DATE: April 15, 2021

ORDER

Entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include major depressive (MDD) and bipolar disorder, is dismissed.

A total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU) is dismissed.

FINDINGS OF FACT

1. Following a March 2021 VA acquired psychiatric disorders VA examination, a March 2021 rating decision granted entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include MDD and bipolar disorder.

2. Following a January 2021 VA examination, a March 2021 rating decision granted entitlement to TDIU.

CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

1. There being no question of fact or law to be decided by the Board, the criteria for dismissal of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include MDD and bipolar disorders, have been met.  38 U.S.C. § 7105; 38 C.F.R. § 20.205.

2. There being no question of fact or law to be decided by the Board, the criteria for entitlement to TDIU have been met.  38 U.S.C. § 7105; 38 C.F.R. § 20.205.

REASONS AND BASES FOR FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS

The Veteran served on active duty in the Marine Corps from June 1985 to October 1987. This matter comes before the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board) on appeal from an August 2014 rating decision. 

In September 2020, the Board remanded the claim for service connection for acquired psychiatric disorder, to include major depressive (MDD) and bipolar disorder, to obtain a new VA examination.  The Board also remanded the claim for TDIU.  

1. Acquired psychiatric disorder, to include MDD and bipolar disorder

2. TDIU

The March 2021 rating decision granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include MDD and bipolar disorder, effective February 25, 2014.  The March 2021 rating decision also granted entitlement to TDIU effective February 25, 2021.  Accordingly, the Board finds that the Veteran’s appeal as to these issues have been rendered moot because the benefit sought on appeal has been granted in full.  There remains no question of law or fact for the Board to resolve on these issues; the current appeal is dismissed. 38 U.S.C. § 7105(d)(5).

 

 

H.M. WALKER

Veterans Law Judge

Board of Veterans’ Appeals

Attorney for the Board	K. McKenzie, Associate Counsel

The Board’s decision in this case is binding only with respect to the instant matter decided. This decision is not precedential and does not establish VA policies or interpretations of general applicability. 38 C.F.R. § 20.1303.