The veteran's TDIU claim is being remanded for additional development, including a VA examination to assess the impact of his service-connected disabilities on his employability.
The deciding factor: The case requires further medical evaluation and consideration due to insufficient information in the current file regarding the veteran's ability to secure or follow substantially gainful employment based solely on his service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- disfiguring scars of the right face, right neck, and adherent tracheostomy with bilateral facial nerve paresis, status post right mandibular fracture and probable coronoid process fracture with a remodeled coronoid process, neuropathy of the left upper extremity, residuals of a fracture of the right maxilla, with loss of anterior and lateral maxillary sinus walls, right ear deafness, left lower extremity neuropathy, amputation of the distal phalanx of the left ring finger with retained foreign bodies of the left little finger, residuals of perforation of the right tympanic membrane
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 28, 2006
- Citation
- 0636813
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions and a TDIU, as the evidence did not support a finding that any of these disabilities were related to the Veteran's military service.
- Dismissed
The appeals for service connection for various conditions were dismissed due to the Veteran's death.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for tinnitus, a right shoulder disability, diabetes mellitus type II, left and right lower extremity neuropathy, and a bilateral foot disability as secondary to diabetes mellitus due to lack of new and relevant evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a back condition, left and right upper extremity neuropathy, left and right lower extremity neuropathy, and erectile dysfunction to afford the Veteran VA examinations and obtain medical opinions.
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