The Veteran's claims for increased evaluations and TDIU are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining medical records from specific VA facilities and Social Security Administration records. The issues will be reconsidered under the appropriate criteria.
The deciding factor: The Board is directing further development of the record to ensure all relevant evidence has been considered in evaluating the Veteran's claims.
- Claimed conditions
- intervertebral disc syndrome of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 14, 2013
- Citation
- 1337127
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals for service connection and rating issues due to the Veteran's death.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation from December 28, 2010, to August 26, 2016. The Board granted the TDIU on an extraschedular basis for this period.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, but denied an increased rating for the unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder.
- Granted
The Veteran's TDIU claim is granted with an effective date of January 3, 2018. His Dependents' Educational Assistance eligibility is also granted from the same date.
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