The appeal for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is remanded. The Board will reconsider the Veteran's claim after assigning initial ratings to service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Board needs to implement previous decisions and assign initial disability ratings before adjudicating the TDIU claim.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetic peripheral neuropathy, left upper extremity, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, right upper extremity, bilateral hearing loss, cervical spine condition, diabetes mellitus type II, heart disease, migraine headaches, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), right lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity peripheral vascular disease, left lower extremity peripheral vascular disease, tinnitus, traumatic brain injury, hypertension, right pulmonary nodule lung cancer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25002253
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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.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection of bilateral hearing loss and a ruptured right ear drum was dismissed due to the death of the Veteran.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for hypertension and peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their etiology.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for diabetes mellitus type II with erectile dysfunction was denied as the evidence did not show that he had been diagnosed and manifested to at least a 10 percent disability rating on or prior to May 8, 2001.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss was noted upon entry into active duty service and did not increase in severity during service. Therefore, it denied his claim for service connection.
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