The Board has remanded the claim for a TDIU due to its inextricability with other pending claims, specifically increased ratings for left knee residuals. The TDIU issue will be reconsidered after all related claims have been fully developed.
The deciding factor: The TDIU claim is intertwined with other pending claims and must wait until the additional development on those claims has been completed.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee residuals
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 20, 2020
- Citation
- 20067886
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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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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