Citation Nr: 18151175
Decision Date: 11/16/18	Archive Date: 11/16/18

DOCKET NO. 08-32 510
DATE:	November 16, 2018
REMANDED
Entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability as due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) is remanded.
REASONS FOR REMAND
The Veteran had active military service from September 1986 to October 1990. The Veteran testified before the undersigned Veterans Law Judge at a November 2014 hearing conducted via videoconference.  A transcript of the hearing is included in the claims file.
This appeal was denied by the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board) in May 2017. The Veteran appealed this decision to the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (Court) which, in a May 2018 Order, granted the parties’ Amended Joint Motion for Remand (JMR) and remanded for additional development. The appeal was once again remanded by the Board in January 2016 to the Agency of Original Jurisdiction (AOJ) for further development.
1. Entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability as due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) is remanded.
In a May 2018 Amended Joint Motion for Remand, the Board and the Veteran agreed that the appeal could not be comprehensively evaluated until the VA attempted to obtain all vocational rehabilitation records, specifically vocational rehabilitation records from the disability center at the University of Colorado, Denver.  These records are potentially relevant to the determination of the Veteran’s TDIU claim. 
Accordingly, the matter is REMANDED for the following action:
1. The RO should provide the Veteran with a release for all relevant private vocational treatment records.
2. The RO should make reasonable efforts to obtain all relevant vocational rehabilitation treatment records, specifically vocational rehabilitation records from the disability center at the University of Colorado, Denver.
3. After all completed development, the AOJ should then readjudicate the claim.  If the benefits sought on appeal are not granted, the Veteran and his representative should be provided a Supplemental Statement of the Case and afforded the requisite opportunity to respond before the case is returned to the Board.
 
ROBERT C. SCHARNBERGER
Veterans Law Judge
Board of Veterans’ Appeals
ATTORNEY FOR THE BOARD	B. Riordan, Associate Counsel