The Board has remanded the claims for special monthly compensation and total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's ability to work.
The deciding factor: There is evidence suggesting that the Veteran could not work due to symptomatology associated with service-connected disabilities other than prostate cancer, but a completed VA Form 21-8940 was missing.
- Claimed conditions
- shell fragment wounds
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19134144
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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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