The veteran's claim for TDIU is being remanded due to the need for additional medical records and a vocational rehabilitation assessment.
The deciding factor: Additional development, including obtaining medical records and conducting a vocational rehabilitation assessment, is required to determine the current status of the veteran's service-connected disabilities and their impact on his ability to secure substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- right below-the-knee amputation, osteomyelitis of the left foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 22, 2005
- Citation
- 0508445
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment.
- Granted
The Veteran's accrued benefits are granted for the remaining unreimbursed amount of $3,643.50 due to his burial and funeral expenses.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for right below-the-knee amputation, finding that there was no evidence to support his assertion of being en route to report for duty at the time of the accident. The decision is based on a lack of credible evidence and inconsistencies in the Veteran's statements.
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