The Board remands the issue of entitlement to a TDIU prior to March 8, 2019 for extraschedular consideration.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected conditions present an unusual disability picture that may warrant referral for extraschedular consideration under 38 C.F.R. § 4.16(b).
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetes mellitus, Peripheral neuropathy of the right foot associated with diabetes mellitus, Peripheral neuropathy of the left foot associated with diabetes mellitus, Bilateral hearing loss, Bilateral tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 1, 2025
- Citation
- 25004435
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.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, as there was no evidence of a current disability in the right ear and insufficient evidence to establish a nexus between the left ear hearing loss and service.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss to obtain an addendum opinion addressing the Veteran's lay statements regarding in-service acoustic trauma and a rocket blast injury.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of May 17, 2019, for a 70 percent disability rating for PTSD but denied earlier effective dates for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.
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