Here's your legal justification, sir. In Bradley v. Peake,462 the CAVC made it clear that the VA could not require one condition rated as 100 percent disabling to be a precursor for SMC(s) benefits. The CAVC held that Section 1114(s) does not limit  a service-connected disability rated as total  to only a schedular rating of 100 percent  it includes a disability that would support the grant of TDIU. In addition, the Court held that when a veteran has several service-connected conditions