The Veteran's claim for TDIU is being remanded due to the need for clarification and further examination regarding his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: Further clarification and a new VA examination are needed to determine if the Veteran's service-connected disabilities preclude employment consistent with his education and experience.
- Claimed conditions
- traumatic lumbar disc injury, Scheuermann's disease, sciatica right lower extremity, sciatica left lower extremity, scars of the lumbar region
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 19, 2010
- Citation
- 1039141
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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 has granted service connection for the appellant's thoracolumbar spine disability and Scheuermann's disease, finding that these conditions were caused or aggravated by events during his active-duty military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral lower extremity sciatica are being remanded due to the need for a VA examination.
- Granted
The Veteran's combined service-connected disabilities have precluded his substantial and gainful employment since December 28, 2011. The Board finds that the schedular criteria for a TDIU rating have been met.
- Granted
The Veteran's sciatica right lower extremity associated with degenerative disc and facet disease is now rated at 40 percent from December 4, 2019. The previous rating of 10 percent prior to that date remains unchanged.
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