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TDIU & Special Monthly Compensation

Phillips v. McDonough — TDIU is not a separate claim and its effective date tracks the underlying claim stream before the Board

June 1, 2026

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Green v. McDonough — Board may not deny TDIU as a matter of law by treating a contemporaneous service-connection grant as evidence and ignoring remand authority

June 1, 2026

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LaBruzza and McBride v. McDonough — Protected-environment employment means lower-income work shielded from competition

June 1, 2026

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LaBruzza v. McDonough — Protected-environment TDIU means lower-income employment shielded from competition

June 1, 2026

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Calhoun v. McDonough — AMA continuous pursuit preserves earlier-effective-date review; inadequate reasons or bases required for TDIU effective-date denial

June 1, 2026

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Witkowski v. Collins — Board may adjudicate extraschedular TDIU in the first instance

June 1, 2026

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Waddell v. Brown — Reopened claims use the date of the reopened claim; inadequate psychiatric examination and missing SSA records required remand

June 1, 2026

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Van Hoose v. Brown — Unemployability turns on ability to perform work, not job search difficulty

June 1, 2026

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Stewart v. Collins — SMC is compensation, not service connection; severance procedures do not apply

June 1, 2026

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Romeo v. Brown — Board must rely on independent medical evidence and provide adequate reasons or bases

June 1, 2026

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