The Veteran's claim for a total disability rating for compensation based on individual unemployability is being remanded due to the need for further development of his service-connected disabilities and pending claims.
The deciding factor: The case is REMANDED because there are other pending claims that are inextricably intertwined with the current claim for a total disability rating for compensation based on individual unemployability.
- Claimed conditions
- sciatic neuritis with low back pain, posttraumatic stress disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 4, 2010
- Citation
- 1000310
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
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