Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to TDIU prior to July 19, 2024 for additional development.
The deciding factor: The VA opinions of record do not provide sufficient information to determine the severity and effects of the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disorder for the period prior to the 2024 VA examination.
- Claimed conditions
- other specified trauma and stressor related disorder with insomnia and alcohol dependence in remission, right knee chondromalacia with degenerative changes, degenerative arthritis of the cervical spine, radiculopathy of the right upper extremity, radiculopathy of the left upper extremity, degenerative arthritis of the right hip, tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, lateral collateral ligament sprain of the right ankle, lateral collateral ligament sprain of the left ankle
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 11, 2025
- Citation
- 25003373
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