The Veteran's appeal is remanded for issuance of a Statement of the Case on his claim of service connection for pericardial effusion, and for additional development to determine if he meets the schedular requirements for TDIU.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has not yet been granted service connection for pericardial effusion. Additionally, further evidence is needed to determine whether the Veteran's combined disability rating qualifies him for a TDIU on an extraschedular basis.
- Claimed conditions
- pericardial effusion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 9, 2012
- Citation
- 1216621
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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.
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- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
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