The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment, and a TDIU is granted. The issues of increased ratings for various conditions are remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities severely restrict his ability to perform most of the activities and movements required by nearly any position of employment.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative joint disease, lumbar spine, sciatic nerve radiculopathy of the left lower extremity, femoral nerve radiculopathy of the left lower extremity, sciatic nerve radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, left knee strain, based on instability, left knee strain, based on flexion
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2024
- Citation
- A24081919
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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 Board has granted service connection for degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine and dismissed the appeal regarding service connection for headaches. The proposed severance of service connection for hypertension is also dismissed as a matter of law.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's TDIU claim is being remanded due to a failure to obtain relevant VA medical records from the San Juan VA Medical Center. The Veteran meets the schedular threshold for TDIU based on his service-connected disabilities and combined rating of 70 percent.
- Denied
The Veteran's TDIU from April 1, 2020 is denied as the evidence does not show that his service-connected disabilities prevent him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to inadequate examination and duty to assist error. The Veteran's back disability is being examined again to determine if it was aggravated by his service-connected lower extremity disabilities.
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