The Veteran's claim for Individual Unemployability is being remanded due to a duty to assist error. The VA needs to obtain the Veteran’s Social Security Administration (SSA) records, which may contain information about his disabilities and their impact on employment.
The deciding factor: There was an error in obtaining the Veteran's SSA records, which are relevant to his Individual Unemployability claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Individual Unemployability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 1, 2020
- Citation
- A20017767
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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