Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to a TDIU due solely to a service-connected back disability and special monthly compensation (SMC) at the housebound rate pursuant to 38 U.S.C. § 1114(s), as they are inextricably intertwined with the extraschedular TDIU claim.
The deciding factor: The Board must refer the claim for entitlement to TDIU due solely to a service-connected back disability to the Director of the Compensation Service for consideration of the issue of extraschedular TDIU, and consider evidence submitted in April 2022.
- Claimed conditions
- service-connected back disability (lumbar anterolisthesis at L4-L5; facet arthropathy at L5-S1; spondylotic changes; and lumbar muscle spasm)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25089534
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