The Veteran's TDIU claim is granted, but his rating for myasthenia gravis remains denied. The Board has found the Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevent him from securing or following any substantially gainful employment and remanded for additional examinations to assess upper and lower extremity muscle weakness and difficulty swallowing.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including myasthenia gravis, result in significant functional impairment that precludes him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- myasthenia gravis, upper extremity muscle weakness, lower extremity muscle weakness, difficulty swallowing
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 3, 2022
- Citation
- 22006269
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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
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's service connection claim for myasthenia gravis should be remanded due to a pre-decisional error in failing to provide an examination under the PACT Act.
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