The Veteran's claim for a total disability rating due to individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities is being remanded due to the need to obtain additional evidence and correct procedural errors.
The deciding factor: Due process was not followed as new evidence submitted by the Veteran during the hearing period could not be considered, necessitating further development of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 30, 2023
- Citation
- A23030185
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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.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of TDIU was denied as the earliest date at which he became unable to obtain more than marginal employment is October 26, 2016. The Board found that this date is the earliest date of ascertainable increase in disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for adjudication of whether there was CUE in a July 1981 rating decision that failed to award TDIU due to service-connected disabilities. The DIC claim is also being considered, and all appropriate procedures must be followed.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for a total rating for compensation based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities was dismissed as the February 2004 Board decision is final and his August 2004 notice of disagreement was not a valid appeal.
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