The Board has remanded the issues of entitlement to an earlier effective date for TDIU and Dependents' Educational Assistance due to a pre-decisional error in the March 2021 rating decision.
The deciding factor: The March 2021 rating decision did not consider whether TDIU is warranted on an extraschedular basis for the period prior to July 30, 2019.
- Claimed conditions
- Major depressive disorder, Obstructive apnea syndrome, Degenerative disc disease (lumbar spine), Right lower extremity radiculopathy, Left lower extremity radiculopathy, Tinnitus, Bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 3, 2024
- Citation
- A24051932
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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.
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