The Board has remanded the claims of entitlement to an earlier effective date for the grant of a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU) and entitlement to an earlier effective date for Dependents' Educational Assistance under 38 U.S.C. chapter 35 (DEA). The Veteran is requested to provide employment information from AT&T Stadium, Legends Concessions, and Social Security Administration records are sought.
The deciding factor: The Board found pre-decisional duty to assist errors in the record regarding SSA records and employment information, necessitating remand for further development.
- Claimed conditions
- Individual Unemployability (TDIU), Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 20, 2024
- Citation
- A24058596
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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 was granted a TDIU effective April 1, 2013, due to his service-connected disabilities. The Board found that the Veteran's disability picture had already been sufficiently severe to warrant a grant of a TDIU prior to this date.
- Granted
The Board has granted earlier effective dates of July 27, 2019 for the Veteran's entitlement to Individual Unemployability (TDIU) and Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA).
- Dismissed
The Veteran's disability ratings for headaches and Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) were proposed to be reduced, but the appeal is dismissed as the appellant withdrew their request.
- Granted
The Board granted earlier effective dates for the awards of service connection and ratings, including IVDS with degenerative arthritis, right and left lower extremity radiculopathy, major depressive disorder (MDD), and eligibility for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA).
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