The Board has remanded the claim for a total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities from April 1, 2016 to June 6, 2017 because of insufficient consideration of the Veteran's educational history and missing VA treatment records.
The deciding factor: The Board found that additional development is required as there are missing medical records which may affect the functional impairment caused by the Veteran’s service-connected bilateral shoulders.
- Claimed conditions
- shoulder disorders
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19191007
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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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