The Veteran's asbestosis was rated at 10% from July 24, 2015 to July 13, 2017. From July 13, 2017 onwards, the Veteran is granted a TDIU due to his service-connected disabilities preventing him from securing or following substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran's asbestosis did not meet the criteria for a higher rating based on PFT results. The Veteran was also found eligible for a schedular TDIU rating due to common etiology of his service-connected disabilities, including sarcoidosis and neoplasm of the kidney.
- Claimed conditions
- Asbestosis, Sarcoidosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 9, 2022
- Citation
- A22025003
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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.
- Dismissed
The appeal as to the proposed severance of service connection for sarcoidosis is dismissed. The Veteran's OSA and BHL are denied, but a compensable rating is granted for BHL.
- Granted
The Veteran's TBI alone rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation, and he is eligible for SMC at the housebound rate due to his single total disability rating with additional disabilities rated at least 60 percent.
- Dismissed
The appeal for an initial compensable disability rating for service-connected hearing loss is dismissed. An initial 30 percent disability rating for asbestosis is granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), obstructive sleep apnea, and sarcoidosis due to potential service connection issues.
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