The Board has remanded the case due to unclear information about the Veteran's employment history prior to February 5, 2020. The AOJ is instructed to make reasonable efforts to obtain private medical records and clarify conflicting statements regarding her employment.
The deciding factor: Conflicting information in the record about the Veteran's employment history makes it unclear whether she was eligible for a TDIU rating before February 5, 2020.
- Claimed conditions
- Lumbar spine, Left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 29, 2024
- Citation
- 24018193
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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.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for increased disability ratings for service-connected right and left lower extremity conditions have been dismissed due to the Veteran's death. The Board has no jurisdiction to adjudicate these claims as they are moot.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals regarding proposed reductions in ratings for right upper extremity radiculopathy and lumbar spine conditions due to procedural issues.
- Partly granted
The Board granted revision of the December 2018 rating decision that reduced the disability rating for lumbar spine from 20 percent to 10 percent, effective December 4, 2018, based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE). The March 2015 rating decision that assigned a 10 percent rating for left shoulder disability was denied as it did not meet the criteria for CUE.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of an increased disability evaluation for lumbar spine due to procedural issues and the need for a new VA examination.
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