Citation Nr: 21063167
Decision Date: 10/13/21	Archive Date: 10/13/21

DOCKET NO. 19-22 390
DATE: October 13, 2021

REMANDED

Entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is remanded.

REASONS FOR REMAND

The Veteran served on active duty from October 1963 to September 1967.

Entitlement to a TDIU is remanded.

The claim must be remanded to obtain examinations that address the current severity of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities. The Veteran has alleged that his service-connected disabities contributed to his early retirement. He sepcifically cited his service-connected major depressive disorder, hypertension, and coronary artery disease as impediments to substantially gainful employment.  The Veteran also has stated that his psychiatric disability is worse and his last examination was conducted in December 2017. 

The Veteran has not been examined for his hypertension and coronary artery disease since 2015 and 2009 respectively.  

The matters are REMANDED for the following action:

1.  Schedule the Veteran for examinations by the appropriate clinicians regarding the current severity of his major depressive disorder, coronary artery disease, and hypertension.  The examiner should provide a full description of the service-connected disabilities and report all signs and symptoms necessary for evaluating the Veteran's disabilities under the rating criteria.  The examiner should elicit from the Veteran his complete educational, vocational, and employment history and should note his complaints regarding the impact of these service-connected disabilities on employment.  The examiner should identify all limitations or functional impairment caused solely by service-connected disabilities, with special consideration of both the Veteran's occupational history and the physical limitations on non-manual employment.

2.  After the above development, and any additionally indicated development, has been completed, readjudicate the TDIU issue on appeal.

 

 

M.E. Larkin

Veterans Law Judge

Board of Veterans' Appeals

Attorney for the Board	P.S. McLeod

The Board's decision in this case is binding only with respect to the instant matter decided. This decision is not precedential and does not establish VA policies or interpretations of general applicability. 38 C.F.R. § 20.1303.