The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development to determine the extent of her service-connected mastodynia and residual scars, as well as whether she is unemployable due to these conditions. The case will be referred to VA's Director of Compensation and Pension for consideration of a TDIU under 38 C.F.R. § 4.16(b) if appropriate.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has not met the schedular requirements for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU), but her service-connected disabilities may preclude her from securing or following substantially gainful employment due to their combined effects.
- Claimed conditions
- mastodynia, residual scars from bilateral quadrantectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 29, 2012
- Citation
- 1207640
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for right hip degenerative arthritis and an increased rating of 10 percent, but no higher, prior to April 25, 2008, for the right knee condition. Other claims were denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining medical opinions regarding the etiology of hypertension, right hip disability, and mastodynia.
- Partly granted
The veteran's claims for higher ratings for several conditions were denied, but some issues related to service connection and ratings were remanded for further review.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for an additional VA examination to evaluate the Veteran's bilateral fibrocystic disease and mastodynia and all scars, as the previous examinations were inadequate after the Veteran underwent a left breast excisional biopsy on February 27, 2015.
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