The Board remands the matters of entitlement to special monthly compensation (SMC) based on housebound criteria and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) for further development.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to incomplete record development, including missing physical therapy records and failure to refer TDIU claim to the Director of Compensation Service for extraschedular consideration.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 20, 2025
- Citation
- 25006881
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
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