The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for an initial compensable rating for TBI with dizziness and entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities. The Veteran is required to undergo a VA examination to assess his current severity of TBI, and the issue of TDIU is also remanded.
The deciding factor: The Board found that a new VA Residuals of Traumatic Brain Injury (R-TBI) Examination is warranted for the initial compensable rating claim, and that the issue of entitlement to TDIU has been reasonably raised by the record.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) with dizziness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2020
- Citation
- 20013671
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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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- Granted
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- Denied
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