The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have prevented him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation since August 16, 2010. The Board has remanded the claims for additional development.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s service-connected conditions have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation due to their severity and impact on his ability to work.
- Claimed conditions
- Heart Disability, Peripheral Vascular Disease of the Lower Extremities
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2020
- Citation
- 20078470
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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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of peripheral neuropathy of the left upper extremity is denied as there was no prior formal or informal claim submitted before July 2, 2016.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to a duty to assist error that occurred prior to the rating decision on appeal. The Board requests retrospective findings from an appropriate clinician to determine the severity of the Veteran's service-connected heart disability.
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