The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate medical opinion regarding the Veteran's employability and service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The VA physician did not fully understand the extent of the Veteran’s neurocognitive defects and failed to discuss evidence of his ability to maintain substantially gainful employment due to his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- TDIU
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19100781
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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