The Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including an examination and consideration of all his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The August 2011 VA examiner did not consider all of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities in determining their impact on employment. The case must be returned for further evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- low back pain, migraines, residuals of a laminectomy, residuals of a rhinoplasty, rheumatoid arthritis, radiculopathy of the bilateral lower extremities, hearing loss, residuals of a left hernioplasty, residuals of a tonsillectomy, residuals of a left varicocelectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 22, 2012
- Citation
- 1221999
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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 Veteran's claim for service connection for migraines was reopened due to new evidence. Service connection is granted for painful scars, but the rating assigned remains at 10 percent. The claims for fibromyalgia and bilateral shoulder disability are denied.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for hearing loss, tinnitus, and an acquired psychiatric disorder due to incomplete medical records and need for further examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's rheumatoid arthritis disability rating is being remanded for additional development due to significant weight loss and anemia.
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