The veteran's appeal is being remanded for further evaluation and consideration of his claim for TDIU due to service-connected disabilities, including low back pain syndrome and left total knee replacement.
The deciding factor: The case requires additional information from the VA examiner regarding the impact of the veteran's service-connected disabilities on his employability.
- Claimed conditions
- Low back pain syndrome, Status post left total knee replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 13, 2007
- Citation
- 0728825
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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.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of December 5, 2022, for the award of a TDIU and basic eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance based on permanent and total disability status.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected PTSD was rated 70 percent disabling since December 16, 2018, and the Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) for this condition alone effective from that date.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for acquired bilateral pes planus with right foot posterior tibial tendon dysfunction and restored service connection for status post right and left total knee replacements, effective May 1, 2018.
- Denied
The Veteran's low back pain syndrome with L4-L5 discogenic disease and herniated disc is currently rated at 60 percent, the maximum schedular rating. The appeal for a higher rating has been denied.
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