The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to the AOJ for development of his pending increased rating claims and readjudication after any necessary development has been completed. The TDIU claim will be considered in conjunction with these new developments.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that the issue of TDIU is inextricably intertwined with the pending claims for increased ratings, necessitating their resolution first before addressing the TDIU claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Tendonitis of the right shoulder, L5-S1 disc bulge, Multi-level disc disease with spondylosis of the cervical spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 8, 2014
- Citation
- 1454035
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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 service-connected disabilities render her unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation, warranting TDIU on an extraschedular basis.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a TDIU prior to July 27, 2015 due to insufficient evidence showing that she was unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment due to her service-connected disabilities.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for increased evaluation and service connection have been dismissed due to the Veteran's request for withdrawal of these appeals prior to a decision being made.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prior to July 27, 2015 did not prevent her from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.
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