The Board remands the claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) prior to December 4, 2017, for further development and referral to the Director of Compensation Service.
The deciding factor: Further development is needed to ensure all relevant evidence is considered before making an extraschedular determination.
- Claimed conditions
- hepatocellular liver cancer, cystic kidney disease, chronic renal disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 10, 2022
- Citation
- 22001227
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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