The Board has remanded the case for further development, including requesting FMLA records and completing a VA Form 21-8940. The Veteran's TDIU claim is not moot due to his current combined rating of 100%.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's failure to complete the VA Form 21-8940 and provide information about his employment history, educational background, and income information makes it impossible for the Board to determine if he is capable of gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 29, 2022
- Citation
- 22055554
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Granted
The Veteran's TDIU rating is granted from February 1, 2010, as this was the date he stopped working due to his service-connected disabilities.
- Granted
The Board has reinstated the Veteran's entitlement to a Total Disability Rating Based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU) due to disagreement over the weight of evidence indicating that his service-connected disabilities do render him unable to maintain gainful employment.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to an error in failing to obtain a VA opinion regarding the functional impact of any side effects from medication used to treat service-connected disabilities, which may affect the Veteran's ability to work.
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