The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development to determine if he had substantially gainful employment prior to June 2010, which would affect his claim for an earlier effective date for Total Disability Rating Based on Individual Unemployability.
The deciding factor: Further clarification of the Veteran's income and employment status from July 31, 2008 to June 2010 is needed to determine if he was unemployable prior to January 4, 2011.
- Claimed conditions
- Total Disability Rating Based on Individual Unemployability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 20, 2016
- Citation
- 1641041
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) was received on August 17, 2011. The Board denied an earlier effective date because the claim was not raised until after the initial TDIU grant.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a failure to properly address the Veteran's current address. The issue of entitlement to an effective date earlier than June 21, 2010 for the grant of a TDIU is now pending.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's appeal is being remanded to the RO for further development and consideration of his claim for an earlier effective date for a grant of total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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