The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation, leading to the grant of TDIU. The Board also remanded several rating claims for further examination.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s service-connected disabilities are severe enough to prevent him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- shell fragment wound to muscle group XIII, shell fragment wound to muscle group XIV, aneurysm, post-phlebitic left thigh residuals of shell fragment wound, wound scar of the scalp
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 14, 2019
- Citation
- 19146677
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.
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
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- Denied
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