The Board has remanded the case due to scheduling issues with VA examinations and for extraschedular consideration of a TDIU.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have not been evaluated in a way that allows for a determination on whether a TDIU is warranted, and the matter must be referred to the Director of Compensation Service for extraschedular consideration.
- Claimed conditions
- right leg thrombophlebitis, left leg thrombophlebitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 15, 2022
- Citation
- 22046057
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has not made a decision on the TDIU claim and remands it due to non-compliance with previous remand directives.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 40 percent for right leg thrombophlebitis was denied. The Veteran also sought a compensable rating for his right leg scar, which the Board found not warranted based on the evidence of record. Finally, the Veteran's service connection claim for a left leg disability was denied as there is no persuasive medical evidence to support that the condition began during or is otherwise related to his military service.,The Veteran sought a compensable rating for his right leg scar and a rating in excess of 40 percent for his right leg thrombophlebitis. The Board found against him on both counts, stating there was no evidence of persistent edema or subcutaneous induration, stasis pigmentation or eczema, and persistent ulceration; or massive board-like edema with constant pain at rest in the right leg. For his left leg disability, the Veteran's claim for service connection was denied as there is no persuasive medical evidence to support that the condition began during or is otherwise related to his military service.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including left leg thrombophlebitis, right shoulder rotator cuff syndrome, and knee conditions, have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation. The Board has granted the TDIU based on this finding.
- Granted
The Veteran's left leg thrombophlebitis is granted as secondary to her service-connected Factor V Leiden with activated Protein C resistance.,A disability rating of 100 percent for the residuals of transient ischemic attacks involving the left lower extremity as secondary to Factor V Leiden with activated Protein C resistance was granted from February 22, 2001.
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