The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including a VA examination to assess his employability due to service-connected disabilities and consideration of whether an extraschedular TDIU rating should be considered.
The deciding factor: The case was remanded because the combined disability rating did not meet the percentage requirements for schedular TDIU consideration, and the Veteran requires further development to determine if he is unemployable due solely to his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine, Degenerative arthritis of the cervical spine, Bilateral hearing loss, Left knee strain, Right knee strain, Sinusitis, Migraines
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 11, 2012
- Citation
- 1231184
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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.
- Denied
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeals of the initial ratings for his service-connected chronic cough and bilateral hearing loss are remanded due to procedural errors in the evidentiary record.
- Granted
The Veteran's initial evaluation for tension headaches to include migraines is granted, with a rating of 50 percent effective from May 23, 2023.
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