The Board has remanded the case due to a disagreement with the decision regarding entitlement to TDIU. The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the schedular criteria for TDIU, but the Board must consider whether they render him unemployable.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s service-connected disabilities do not meet the schedular criteria for TDIU under 38 C.F.R. § 4.16(a), but the Board is required to consider whether they render him unemployable due to his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, actinic keratosis, hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 13, 2021
- Citation
- 21002328
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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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