The Veteran's claim for a permanent and total rating for pension purposes is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining updated information about his employment and income, as well as VA examinations to assess the severity of his disabilities.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence is needed to determine the current degree of severity of all the Veteran's ratable disabilities and their impact on his ability to work.
- Claimed conditions
- mental disabilities, physical disabilities
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 19, 2010
- Citation
- 1031187
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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
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- Denied
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