tdiu Tdiu Fast Letter 13-13

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VA Fast Letter 13-13 is very informative for those who have questions about TDIU. Read the rest at the link:

Overview of Changes

• VA will no longer presume a claim for TDIU is a claim for increase in all service- connected disabilities. As part of a substantially complete application for TDIU, VA will require that the claimant with multiple service-connected disabilities specify at least one disability that he or she believes causes the unemployability.

• VA will consider the Veteran’s specification of the disabilities that he or she believes cause unemployability to be claims for increased evaluation for those conditions.

• VA will require the claimant complete and submit VA Form 21-8940, Veteran's Application for Increased Compensation Based on Unemployability, to substantiate the claim of TDIU.

• VA will administratively deny TDIU claims if VA requests, but the Veteran does not submit, required forms or evidence.

• VA has the flexibility to request either condition-specific Disability Benefits Questionnaires (DBQs) or a general medical DBQ when VA determines that examinations are needed to decide the claim.

• VA will interpret the schedular requirements in 38 C.F.R. 4.16(a) to mean that a combined 70 percent rating is only required if no single disability is rated at 60 percent disabling.