The Veteran's appeal is for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities prior to March 4, 2009. The RO has granted TDIU effective from March 4, 2009, but the Board finds that the case should be submitted to the Director, Compensation and Pension Service for extra-schedular consideration.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected left hip replacement may have rendered him unemployable prior to March 4, 2009, based on medical evidence suggesting he was unable to engage in gainful employment due to his disabilities at that time.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Hip Replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 17, 2012
- Citation
- 1206240
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's appeal for increased ratings and TDIU was denied. The left hip replacement did not meet the criteria for a higher rating, and no separate or higher ratings were assigned under other diagnostic codes.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for increased ratings and TDIU was denied. The effective date is not specified.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development regarding service connection for diabetes mellitus type II, as new evidence suggests a possible link between the condition and the Veteran's service-connected obstructive sleep apnea. The effective dates for right hip replacement and left hip replacement remain denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied an increased rating for total left hip replacement and remanded the TDIU claim due to lack of compliance with VA examination scheduling requirements.
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