Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for an earlier effective date for TDIU and DEA benefits due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: The RO has not referred to the Director of Compensation and Pension Services (Director) for an opinion to determine if TDIU is warranted on an extraschedular basis for the period prior to March 8, 2022.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25088894
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