The Veteran's combined disability rating is 60 percent, which does not meet the percentage requirements for a schedular TDIU. However, due to his service-connected disabilities and inability to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation, he may be eligible for a TDIU under 38 C.F.R. § 4.16(b).
The deciding factor: The Veteran's combined disability rating is less than the required percentage for a schedular TDIU but may still qualify due to his service-connected disabilities and inability to work.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Wound on the back with retained foreign bodies and scarring, Erectile dysfunction associated with PTSD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- April 11, 2019
- Citation
- 19128131
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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 PTSD, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor and finding that his PTSD is related to an in-service military sexual trauma (MST) during a period of ACDUTRA.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of May 17, 2019, for a 70 percent disability rating for PTSD but denied earlier effective dates for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.
- Partly granted
The Board granted readjudication of previously denied claims for service connection for PTSD and COPD, while remanding other issues including entitlement to service connection for an eye disorder, hypertension, tinnitus, a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, TDIU, and an initial rating for PTSD.
- Denied
The appeal for service connection for PTSD was dismissed, and the claims for a compensable rating for the lower back scar, service connection for COPD, and peripheral artery disease were denied.
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