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Check the schedular thresholds for unemployability (38 CFR 4.16).

TDIU pays the 100 percent rate when service connected disabilities prevent substantially gainful employment, even with a combined rating below 100. Here are the

TDIU exists for the veteran the rating table shortchanges: it pays at the 100 percent rate while the combined rating sits at 70, 80, or 90, because the service

A 70 percent mental health rating opens two roads to the 100 percent rate: proving total occupational and social impairment, or proving you cannot hold substant

TDIU under 38 CFR 4.16 and a schedular 100 percent rating both pay the same monthly compensation, but they are not the same rating. Five things separate them: r

38 USC 1311(a)(2) pays an additional monthly amount on top of base DIC if the veteran was rated totally disabling for the 8 years immediately preceding death AN

Whether you can work depends on how you reached the 100 percent rate. A schedular 100 percent rating has no work limit. TDIU does, because it is paid for being

If a service connected condition has worsened, you can ask VA for a higher rating. Here are the three honest routes (file for an increase, add a secondary condi

Why two 50 percent ratings do not make 100. A walkthrough of the Combined Ratings Table at 38 CFR 4.25, the bilateral factor, the anti-pyramiding rule, how perc

… e veteran was: - Rated permanent and total (100 percent or TDIU) for at least 10 continuous years immediately before death, or - Rated permanent and total for

… ebound criteria (pension side) ## Related on this site - [TDIU: Total Disability Based on Individual Unemployability, Explained](/education/tdiu-education) -

… alls at 90, the two other doors to the 100 percent rate are TDIU (38 CFR 4.16) and Special Monthly Compensation (38 CFR 3.350). - **Try the numbers.** Our [comb

… percent service connected (schedular or permanent and total TDIU) for: - The 10 continuous years immediately before death, OR - 5 years from separation, OR - 1

… a denial, at the Board of Veterans' Appeals, or in complex TDIU and effective-date disputes. Before you work with anyone, [verify their accreditation](/verify-

… ected under 38 CFR 3.310. - **A 70 percent rating meets the TDIU threshold on its own,** so if anxiety keeps you from substantially gainful work, individual une

… impairment (38 CFR 4.14). - **A 70 percent rating meets the TDIU threshold** (38 CFR 4.16), and the episodic unpredictability of bipolar disorder is often exact

… ects the dominant picture. ## 70 percent is the gateway to TDIU A 70 percent mental health rating meets the schedular threshold for total disability based on

… tches is established. - **A 60 percent knee alone meets the TDIU threshold.** 38 CFR 4.16(a) requires one disability rated 60 percent; if the knee keeps you fro

… is is a total functional disability rating, not the same as TDIU. The veteran cannot maintain employment and cannot maintain social relationships. ## The Mauer

… * If migraines plus other conditions keep you from working, TDIU is the next conversation. ## Related on this site - [How VA rates seizures and epilepsy (DC 8

… the level. Seventy percent is also the schedular gateway to TDIU. A veteran at 70 percent whose PTSD prevents substantially gainful employment can be paid at th

… or trades, refrigerated warehouses, or winter duty, that is TDIU-relevant impairment. Document the work impact. - **Fibromyalgia overlap.** Raynaud's-like sympt

… ols them, keep you from holding substantially gainful work, TDIU under 38 CFR 4.16 and this special referral pathway both apply. Loss of a driver's license beca

… ed trade are direct evidence of occupational impairment for TDIU purposes in severe combined cases. - **A 0 percent grant still opens the door.** Service connec

… s, and certain state benefits. ## Related on this site - [TDIU: Total Disability Based on Individual Unemployability, Explained](/education/tdiu-education) -

… d on fraud. This is a hard floor. ### Total disability and TDIU protections (38 CFR 3.343, 3.344(c)) - A 100 percent rating cannot be reduced unless the exami

A Department of Education program that discharges federal student loans for veterans with a 100 percent permanent and total rating or a TDIU finding. Approval is usually automatic through a data match with VA.

Pays at the 100 percent rate when service connected conditions prevent you from holding substantially gainful work, even if your combined rating is below 100.