The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unable to secure and maintain substantially gainful employment, as determined by the RO. The Board has decided that a remand is necessary for further examination and consideration of his TDIU claim.
The deciding factor: The Veteran meets the schedular criteria for TDIU under 38 C.F.R. � 4.16(a) due to multiple service-connected disabilities, but needs an additional VA examination to determine if he is unable to secure and maintain substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic stress disorder with depression, disability of the thoracolumbar spine, radiculopathy of each upper extremity, radiation radiculopathy of each lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 6, 2014
- Citation
- 1400237
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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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