The Veteran's TDIU claim is remanded due to the need for updated VA examinations and a review of his service-connected disabilities, particularly his TBI and PTSD.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that more contemporaneous VA examinations are needed to assess the current severity and impact of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities on his ability to work.
- Claimed conditions
- Post Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Scar, right mastoid area with retained foreign bodies (shrapnel) as residual of shell fragment wound, Tinnitus, Right thigh muscle group XIII shell fragment wound with soft tissue metallic foreign body
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- October 9, 2018
- Citation
- 18141018
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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 denied an initial disability rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD, finding the appellant's symptoms did not more closely approximate occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD due to an inadequate medical opinion.
- Granted
The Board granted a disability rating of 70 percent for PTSD and a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU) based on the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for depressive disorder as secondary to hypertension and tinnitus, but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and an increased rating for hypertension.
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