Citation Nr: 21006010 Decision Date: 02/03/21 Archive Date: 02/03/21 DOCKET NO. 14-19 807A DATE: February 3, 2021 REMANDED Entitlement to a total disability rating based on unemployability (TDIU), to include on an extraschedular basis after July 1, 2020, is remanded. REASONS FOR REMAND The Veteran served on active duty from June 1970 to January 1972. This matter comes before the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board) on appeal of an August 2011 rating decision by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Regional Office (RO). When this case was previously before the Board in March 2020, it was decided in part and remanded in part for additional evidentiary development. It has since been returned to the Board for further appellate action. The Board notes that the Veteran changed representation during the pendency of this appeal and that Amberleigh Osborne is recognized as his attorney. As a preliminary matter, the Board notes that the Veteran requested his entire claims file in July 2020. The RO then notified both the Veteran and his attorney that the request had been received. The claims file does not indicate whether this request was fulfilled. However, in October 2020, the Veteran’s attorney submitted a VCAA Notice Acknowledgement stating that there is no further evidence to be submitted in support of the Veteran’s claim. The Veteran’s attorney requested that the claim be decided as soon as possible. Accordingly, the Board finds that it has fulfilled its duties as related to the July 2020 records request. In January 2021 the Veteran filed a claim for entitlement to service connection for ischemic heart disease, sleep apnea, hypertension, right ear hearing loss, and left ear hearing loss. The Veteran’s claim for a TDIU is inextricably intertwined with his service connection claims. The Board will defer adjudication of the TDIU claim until the development deemed necessary for the service connection claims has been completed.. See Harris v. Derwinski, 1 Vet. App. 180, 183 (1991). This matter is accordingly REMANDED for the following action: Following promulgation of a rating decision in connection with the claims for entitlement to service connection for ischemic heart disease, sleep apnea, hypertension, right ear hearing loss, and left ear hearing loss, readjudicate the issue of entitlement to a TDIU, and, if necessary, return the case to the Board. R. M. KELLY Acting Veterans Law Judge Board of Veterans’ Appeals Attorney for the Board R. Watkins, Associate Counsel 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.