The Board has remanded the Veteran's TDIU claim due to inextricably intertwined issues of increased rating for psychiatric disability and service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus. The VA examiner is requested to assess the impact of the service-connected disabilities on the Veteran's ability to obtain and retain employment.
The deciding factor: The claims are remanded as they are inextricably intertwined with the TDIU claim, which requires an assessment of the Veteran's employability due to his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Pulmonary disability, Psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 25, 2013
- Citation
- 1323769
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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
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- Granted
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