The Board has remanded the claim for a TDIU prior to March 12, 2015 due to concerns raised by the Court in its May 2016 decision and the fact that the Veteran had only a combined 30 percent rating for his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The January 2014 VA examiner's opinion regarding the Veteran's ability to drive on narcotics and perform physical or sedentary jobs due to knee pain is not adequately addressed in the May 2016 decision, necessitating extra-schedular consideration.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified conditions
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 25, 2018
- Citation
- 18105709
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claim of entitlement to TDIU prior to January 9, 2022 due to a duty to assist error and will need to adjudicate the merits of the claim.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to the possibility that the Veteran may be unemployable due to his service-connected disabilities, and the matter is referred for extraschedular consideration.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a request for information regarding the qualifications of the May 2022 VA examiner. The Veteran's TDIU claim is still pending.
- Granted
The Veteran was unable to maintain substantially gainful employment due to his service-connected conditions from January 2012 to April 2012, and the Board granted TDIU benefits for this period.
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