The Board remands the issues of entitlement to a rating in excess of 70 percent for service-connected PTSD and an earlier effective date prior to April 17, 2017, for the grant of TDIU due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that the AOJ's failure to obtain copies of wrongful termination lawsuits prior to issuing a decision in January 2021 was a pre-decisional duty to assist error that must be corrected on remand.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25050405
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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