The Veteran's service-connected knee disabilities cause significant impact on employability, and the AOJ has not yet made decisions on these claims. The Board finds that referral to the Director for further consideration of TDIU on an extraschedular basis is warranted.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran’s service-connected knee disabilities prevent all but sedentary employment.
- Claimed conditions
- knee disabilities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19184365
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,429 · Granted: 29% (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).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's TDIU and DEA eligibility are granted with an effective date of April 1, 2009. The Board found that the Veteran's service-connected knee disabilities precluded him from securing or maintaining a substantially gainful occupation since April 2009.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted earlier effective dates of December 8, 2015 for both TDIU and DEA eligibility. The Veteran is now eligible for these benefits as his service-connected disabilities have prevented him from securing or maintaining substantially gainful employment.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim for TDIU was denied because the Board found that he had substantially gainful employment during the period of the appeal, despite his service-connected disabilities.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's request for an extension of her delimiting date for Post-9/11 GI Bill educational benefits due to service-connected knee disabilities was denied because the evidence did not clearly establish that she was prevented from initiating or completing her chosen program of education.
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