The Board has remanded the case due to conflicting employment status information and new service-connected disabilities. The TDIU claim will be reconsidered with these factors in mind.
The deciding factor: There is a discrepancy in the Veteran's employment status, which needs to be resolved before readjudicating his TDIU claim.
- Claimed conditions
- peripheral neuropathy of all extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 24, 2020
- Citation
- 20055975
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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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