Remanded (sent back)
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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