The Board has decided to remand the case due to a duty-to-assist error regarding verification of the Veteran's income from 2012. The claim for TDIU will be reconsidered with this information.
The deciding factor: Income verification is required to accurately assess the impact of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities on his employment status.
- Claimed conditions
- Service Connected Conditions
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 3, 2026
- Citation
- A26009847
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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.
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The Board has remanded the cases due to conflicting information regarding when the Veteran's employment with USPS ended, and as these issues are intertwined with the TDIU claim.
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