The Veteran's appeal is remanded for consideration of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, including on an extraschedular basis. The original claim for a higher rating for positional vertigo remains denied as the Veteran is already in receipt of the maximum schedular rating.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a higher rating under any alternative diagnostic code and the Veteran is already receiving the maximum schedular rating for his service-connected positional vertigo. The TDIU claim is remanded due to insufficient evidence showing unemployability by reason of service-connected disabilities, specifically positional vertigo.
- Claimed conditions
- Positional vertigo
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- September 21, 2024
- Citation
- A24059356
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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.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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