Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) to correct a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error, specifically, the failure to develop evidence of a protected working environment.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not sufficiently establish whether the Veteran's employment is 'shielded in some respect from competition in the employment market,' which would constitute a protected working environment.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25099279
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