The Veteran's TDIU claim is remanded due to the lack of a completed VA Form 21-8940, which includes his work history and reasons for unemployment. The Veteran should be provided another opportunity to complete this form.
The deciding factor: The absence of a completed VA Form 21-8940 denies the Board relevant information regarding the Veteran's employment history, educational history, and income information necessary to address the TDIU claim.
- Claimed conditions
- osteoarthritis of the bilateral knees, osteoarthritis of the bilateral legs, bilateral hallux valgus with bilateral hammer toes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 20, 2022
- Citation
- 22002966
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not render her unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation, and the Board denied entitlement to TDIU.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for further development, including obtaining an opinion on whether it is in the best interest of the Veteran to participate in the PCAFC program and providing complete notice as required by law.
- Denied
The Board found that the appellant's osteoarthritis of the bilateral legs was not caused by VA care or treatment, and thus compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 is denied.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's claim for non-degenerative arthritis, including rheumatoid arthritis is denied.,Service connection is granted for bilateral hallux valgus, bilateral degenerative arthritis of the feet, and hammer toe of the left foot second toe as secondary to diabetes mellitus type II. ,Service connection is granted for osteoarthritis of the bilateral knees as secondary to diabetes mellitus type II.,The Veteran's claim for gout, other than gout of the fingers and thumbs remains pending due to lack of evidence regarding its onset in service or herbicide exposure.,The Veteran's claim for hammer toes other than the second toe of the left foot is remanded for further examination.,The Veteran's claim for a thoracolumbar spine disorder, to include arthritis, is remanded for further examination.
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