Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for an earlier effective date for TDIU and DEA, as there is a reasonable possibility that the Veteran was unemployable prior to August 4, 2020, due to his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: There is sufficient evidence to show a reasonable possibility that the Veteran's IVDS and back scar from April 11, 2017, or his IVDS, back scar, and bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy from October 31, 2017, may have rendered him unemployable.
- Claimed conditions
- Intervertebral disc syndrome with degenerative arthritis and spinal stenosis, Scar, lower back, Right and left lower extremity radiculopathy, sciatic nerve, with neurogenic claudication
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25016143
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