Citation Nr: 23023976 Decision Date: 04/26/23 Archive Date: 04/26/23 DOCKET NO. 20-17 502 DATE: April 26, 2023 REMANDED Entitlement to an evaluation in excess of 70 percent for service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder with major depressive, and alcohol use disorders, from July 16, 2018 to January 28, 2020 is remanded. Entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) prior to April 16, 2021 is remanded. REASONS FOR REMAND The Veteran served on active duty from December 1968 to December 1971. This matter comes before the Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) on appeal from a November 2018 rating decision issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Regional Office (RO). The Veteran testified before the undersigned Veterans Law Judge in an April 2021 hearing. A transcript is of record. The issue of entitlement to TDIU has been raised in the April 2021 hearing and is thus currently on appeal before the Board as part of the underlying increased rating issue. See Rice v. Shinseki, 22 Vet. App. 447 (2009). During the April 2021 hearing, the Veteran stated he has received Social Security Disability benefits since the age of 46. See April 2021 Hearing Transcript. There is no indication that these records do not bear on the underlying issues on appeal. Therefore, the Board finds that complete Social Security Administration (SSA) records must be obtained prior to its adjudication of these appealed issues. See 38 C.F.R. § 3.159(c)(2). The matters are REMANDED for the following action: 1. Furnish the Veteran with a TDIU application and notice letter, as to his raised claim. 2. Obtain all Social Security Administration (SSA) records pertaining to the Veteran's claims for Social Security Disability benefits, to include any determinations and the medical records used in support of his claim and associate with the Veteran's claims folder, pursuant to the provisions of 38 C.F.R. § 3.159(c)(2). A. C. MACKENZIE Veterans Law Judge Board of Veterans' Appeals Attorney for the Board J. Glaeser 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 This decision is not precedential and does not establish VA policies or interpretations of general applicability. 38 C.F.R. § 20.1303.