The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a TDIU prior to October 1, 2013 due to insufficient evidence showing he was capable of substantially gainful employment due to his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not respond to the VA's request for information regarding his employment status and income before October 1, 2013, which is necessary to determine if he could engage in substantial gainful employment due to his service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- unspecified conditions
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 21, 2022
- Citation
- 22070971
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claim of entitlement to TDIU prior to January 9, 2022 due to a duty to assist error and will need to adjudicate the merits of the claim.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to the possibility that the Veteran may be unemployable due to his service-connected disabilities, and the matter is referred for extraschedular consideration.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a request for information regarding the qualifications of the May 2022 VA examiner. The Veteran's TDIU claim is still pending.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran was unable to maintain substantially gainful employment due to his service-connected conditions from January 2012 to April 2012, and the Board granted TDIU benefits for this period.
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