The Veteran's TDIU claim is denied prior to March 15, 2013, and granted from that date. The Board has also remanded the Veteran's claims for a rating in excess of 30 percent for residuals of right shoulder injury, a rating in excess of 40 percent for right ulnar neuropathy, and a compensable rating for right shoulder surgical scars.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities alone are not sufficient to produce unemployability prior to March 15, 2013. However, from that date onward, the Veteran is unable to secure and follow substantially gainful employment due to his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of right shoulder injury, right ulnar neuropathy, right shoulder surgical scars
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19139968
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Decisions by this judge: 2,316 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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).
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- Whole decision: Dismissed
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found a duty to assist error occurred and remands the case for an addendum opinion regarding whether the Veteran's diagnosed right ulnar neuropathy is etiologically related to his active service, including conceded in-service exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for effective dates prior to January 13, 2023 for service connection of right wrist condition and right ulnar neuropathy as these conditions were not shown to have been present before the receipt of his supplemental claim on that date.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted a 30% disability rating for tension headaches and remanded claims for service connection and increased ratings for various conditions.
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