The Board has determined that there is insufficient evidence to substantiate a reasonable possibility that the Veteran is unemployable due to service-connected disabilities prior to October 19, 2011. The case is being remanded for referral to the Director of Compensation Service for extraschedular consideration.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's physical limitations due to his cervical and lumbosacral spine disabilities significantly impacted his ability to keep his employment at a warehouse environment, resulting in losing his job as of 2009.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disc disease (DDD) of cervical spine, Degenerative joint disease (DJD) of lumbosacral spine and scoliosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 27, 2024
- Citation
- A24014903
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran's degenerative disc disease of the cervical spine is considered to have started during his combat service in Vietnam and has been recurring since then. The Board found that the Veteran's current condition can be linked to his military service, thus granting service connection.
- Granted
The Veteran's current diagnoses of degenerative disc disease (DDD) of his cervical spine and associated radiculopathy of the left upper extremity are granted as service connected.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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