The Board has remanded the claims for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability and special monthly compensation due to need for aid and attendance or being housebound, as these issues are inextricably intertwined with the TDIU claim. Additional development is needed including obtaining records-based examinations for functional limitations of service-connected psychiatric and lumbar disc disease disabilities.
The deciding factor: The claims are remanded because they are inextricably intertwined with the TDIU claim, which requires additional development to address the Veteran's work capacity over the relevant intervals.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Adjustment Disorder with Depressed Mood, Radiculopathy of the Right Lower Extremity (Sciatic Nerve)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 4, 2022
- Citation
- 22012684
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran's TDIU and DEA benefits are granted effective August 23, 2017, as this is the earliest date his disabilities meet the criteria for a total disability rating.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, combined, meet the schedular requirements for a TDIU effective June 27, 2014. The Board granted an earlier effective date of June 27, 2014 for her TDIU and DEA eligibility.
- Denied
The Veteran's chronic adjustment disorder with depressed mood is rated at 70 percent, but the Board finds that it does not warrant a higher rating as there is no evidence of total social and occupational impairment.
- Denied
Service connection for PTSD was denied.,Increased ratings for Chronic Adjustment Disorder with Depressed Mood and Migraine Headaches were also denied. The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for Migraine Headaches prior to October 14, 2020 is being remanded.
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