The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) prior to April 20, 2015 due to service-connected neck and back disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected neck and back disabilities render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- neck disabilities, back disabilities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 28, 2021
- Citation
- 21032861
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran seeks an earlier effective date for his TDIU and SMC awards, but the Board finds no evidence of a factual increase in disability within one year prior to the claim.,SMC is awarded based on the Veteran's single service-connected disability (heart disability) rated at 100% disabling.
- Whole decision: Denied
The appeal of a timely request for Higher-Level Review of the Veteran's entitlement to service connection for his claimed back and neck disabilities is denied.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to errors in obtaining necessary examinations and opinions, particularly regarding the Veteran's service-connected disabilities and their impact on his employability.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
Your appeal for service connection and increased ratings has been dismissed as the Veteran withdrew his appeal through his authorized representative.
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