The Board remands the claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) prior to January 20, 2021, as it is inextricably intertwined with other claims.
The deciding factor: Remand necessary due to unresolved issues regarding higher initial rating for back disability and reinstatement of service connection for psychiatric disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- intervertebral disc syndrome with spinal stenosis, major depressive disorder with generalized anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 22, 2025
- Citation
- 25007012
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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 30 percent disability rating for sarcoidosis from February 28, 2023, and denied higher ratings for lumbar spine degenerative arthritis, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and major depressive disorder with generalized anxiety disorder.
- Dismissed
The appeal regarding the proposed reduction of the disability rating for major depressive disorder with generalized anxiety disorder was dismissed as it was not a final decision.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the veteran's claims for service connection and earlier effective dates, as well as rating increases, due to procedural defects in the filing of his appeal.
- Denied
The Board denied an initial disability rating in excess of 50 percent for the service-connected major depressive disorder with generalized anxiety disorder, as the Veteran's symptoms did not more nearly approximate occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas or total occupational and social impairment.
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