The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete development and a need for clarification on whether the Veteran wishes to pursue certain claims. Additionally, an examination is needed to assess his functional limitations caused by service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The decision requires additional evidence and clarification of the Veteran's intentions regarding certain claims before proceeding with the TDIU determination.
- Claimed conditions
- left bunionectomy, service-connected psychiatric disorders
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2016
- Citation
- 1640803
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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
The Board found that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities alone have not rendered him unable to obtain and maintain substantially gainful employment, thus denying his claim for TDIU.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability was granted a 70 percent rating prior to August 12, 2016. The condition has resulted in significant occupational and social impairment.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral pes planus, with pronounced symptoms and not improved by orthopedic shoes or appliances, warrants a 50 percent evaluation.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for an increased initial rating for her left bunionectomy and left first great metatarsophalangeal joint capsular release and reefing, currently evaluated as 10 percent disabling.
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