The Veteran's service-connected disabilities are sufficient to render him unemployable, and the Board has granted a TDIU. The remaining issues have been remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's combined rating of 90% due to his service-connected disabilities makes him eligible for a TDIU. Other claims are pending as they require additional evidence or clarification from the Veteran and VA providers.
- Claimed conditions
- End stage renal disease with kidney transplant residuals, Unspecified bipolar and related disorder, Hyperparathyroidism, Kidney transplant scar residuals
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 11, 2018
- Citation
- 18141769
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for PTSD, depressive disorder, anxiety disorder, and unspecified bipolar and related disorder based on credible evidence of in-service stressors and continuous symptoms since service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the case to verify in-service radiation exposure and obtain an addendum opinion regarding the relationship between thyroid disorders and such exposure.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board denied higher ratings for nose scarring, hearing loss, and tinnitus but granted a 100 percent rating for unspecified bipolar and related disorder effective August 22, 2008.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected acquired psychiatric disorders have rendered him so helpless as to be in need of regular aid and attendance, thus granting SMC based on aid and attendance.
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