The Veteran's TDIU claim is remanded due to the need for a VA examination to assess his ability to work with his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has not had a recent VA examination to determine the impact of his service-connected disabilities on his employability, and this is necessary before a decision can be made.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate cancer residuals, post-traumatic stress disorder, non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy, diabetes mellitus type II with bilateral non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy and bilateral cataracts, peripheral neuropathy left upper extremity, peripheral neuropathy right upper extremity, peripheral neuropathy left lower extremity, peripheral neuropathy right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 24, 2018
- Citation
- 18144180
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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.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for hypertension, diabetes mellitus type II (DM II), erectile dysfunction, peripheral neuropathy in both upper and lower extremities, hypothyroidism, and dermatitis (claimed as chloracne) based on the Veteran's presumed exposure to herbicide agents during his service in Vietnam.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 40 percent evaluation for prostate cancer residuals from January 29, 2014 to August 12, 2021.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to his service-connected disabilities, including prostate cancer residuals, hearing loss, tinnitus, and erectile dysfunction.
- Dismissed
The appeal of a proposal to reduce the rating for service-connected prostate cancer residuals from 100 percent to 40 percent is dismissed as it was not a final decision.
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