The Board has remanded the claims for a rating in excess of 10 percent for service-connected left foot contusion and strain, a rating in excess of 50 percent for service-connected panic disorder without agoraphobia, and TDIU due to service-connected disability. The reasons are that new examinations are needed to evaluate the Veteran's TDIU claim.
The deciding factor: The Board found that new examinations are warranted to evaluate the Veteran’s TDIU claim as previous VA examinations did not address the combined effect of his disabilities in the aggregate and did not define what type of work was encompassed by 'sedentary' employment.
- Claimed conditions
- left foot contusion and strain, panic disorder without agoraphobia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 20, 2020
- Citation
- 20013410
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The appeal for an earlier effective date for the assigned 100 percent rating for service-connected psychiatric disability was denied.
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