The Board has remanded the issues of entitlement to Total Disability Rating Based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU) prior to September 26, 2014 and from May 1, 2018 to February 14, 2019 due to a duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: The Board found a duty to assist error occurred prior to the Veteran's October 2018 RAMP opt-in election and thus remanded for correction of this deficiency.
- Claimed conditions
- unknown
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2019
- Citation
- A19003667
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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
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