The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development and evaluation, including a TDIU rating due to service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran recently initiated a claim for a TDIU rating which was denied by way of a March 2024 rating decision. The RO has not obtained a functional impairments assessment of the Veteran's disabilities in concert and a completed VA Form 21-8940 from the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- emphysema with multiple pulmonary nodules, basal cell carcinoma (BCC) of the nose, bilateral mixed hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 15, 2026
- Citation
- A26034735
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for bilateral mixed hearing loss due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for basal cell carcinoma of the nose and residuals of skin cancer of the left forearm, as both conditions are considered to have been incurred in or aggravated during active military service under the Honoring Our PACT Act.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether the Veteran's vertigo is secondary to his service-connected hearing loss and tinnitus. The examiner needs to provide a more detailed opinion on this issue.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his claim for a disability rating in excess of 40 percent for bilateral mixed hearing loss at the March 2018 Board hearing.
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