The Board has remanded the claims for an initial compensable rating for sacroiliac joint separation and pelvic fracture, as well as the entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability prior to February 7, 2017. The case is now returned for further development.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities preclude him from securing or maintaining substantially gainful employment, thus entitling him to a TDIU for the entire period on appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- sacroiliac joint separation, pelvic fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 8, 2020
- Citation
- 20058925
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's initial compensable rating for sacroiliac joint separation and pelvic fracture is denied.,A TDIU on an extra-schedular basis prior to May 16, 2014 is remanded for referral to the Director of Compensation Service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of evidence regarding the Veteran's use of assistive devices after January 1, 2010. The Veteran is seeking an extension of his temporary total rating for convalescence following surgery for pelvic fracture and left hip strain.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for an initial compensable rating for sacroiliac joint separation and pelvic fracture, as well as his claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability prior to February 7, 2017. The claims are being returned for further development.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various disabilities, including tinnitus, right ankle disability, right elbow necrotic ulcer with scar, pelvic fracture, basilar skull fracture, right medial orbital wall fracture, right ear hearing loss disability, tracheostomy, right pulmonary contusion, grade VI liver laceration, status post-surgical repair, intraperitoneal bladder rupture, status-post surgical repair, splenetic laceration, status post multiple laparotomy repairs, scar secondary to a tracheostomy, scarring from stomach surgery, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and traumatic brain injury. The decision was based on the finding that these disabilities were not incurred or aggravated by service due to willful misconduct.,The Board also denied service connection for a right ankle disability, as it was determined that the Veteran's tinnitus did not have its onset in service and is not otherwise related to service.
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