The Board remands the issue of entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) for further development, including obtaining any outstanding relevant records and a medical opinion regarding the impact of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities on his employability.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that an opinion is needed in order to determine the impact of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities alone on his employability due to duty to assist errors.
- Claimed conditions
- mood disorder due to known physiological condition with depressive features, pseudofolliculitis barbae (PFB), pes (valgo) planus, hallux valgus with metatarsal head resection left foot, right achilles tendonitis, hammer toe (left foot), status post metatarsal resection surgical scars left foot
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25026591
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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board granted an effective date of September 16, 2003, for the grant of service connection for mood disorder due to known physiological condition with depressive features.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a compensable rating for pseudofolliculitis barbae and a rating in excess of 10 percent for a left ankle disability due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including left and right eye dry eyes, cataracts of the left and right eyes, neuropathy of the left lower extremity, radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, left renal arteriovenous malformation, aneurysm, pseudofolliculitis barbae (PFB), degenerative joint disease (DJD) of the lumbar spine, recurrent subluxation of the left knee prior to May 13, 2020, left total knee replacement, disability rating in excess of 60 percent from September 1, 2021, forward for left total knee replacement, DJD of the right knee, right knee instability, burns of the bilateral ankles, linear scar of the left knee, post-surgical tender scars of the left knee, and a total disability rating due to unemployability (TDIU) based upon service-connected disabilities prior to June 14, 2019.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the case for further development and readjudication of the veteran's claims.
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