The Veteran's claim for TDIU prior to April 3, 2015 is being remanded due to insufficient information regarding his employment income from January 2013 to April 2015. The AOJ needs to obtain the Veteran's earning statements and provide him with an opportunity to respond.
The deciding factor: The claim requires additional information about the Veteran's earned income during a specific period of time, which is necessary for proper adjudication.
- Claimed conditions
- Unspecified
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19113807
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Decisions by this judge: 2,287 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Read the original VA decision (opens in a new tab) using citation 19113807.
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: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a duty to assist error regarding SSA records, and the Veteran is encouraged to submit his income statements.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's entitlement to Total Disability Rating Based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU) should be restored, effective March 1, 2025. The decision is based on the fact that there was not clear and convincing evidence of actual employability at the time of the TDIU discontinuance.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) prior to December 13, 2010, is denied. The effective date of the TDIU award has been set at December 13, 2010.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for TDIU is denied as the earliest possible effective date based on his claim and one-year look-back period is July 31, 2019. The Veteran has been awarded TDIU since February 6, 2018.
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