BVA9502669 
DOCKET NO.  93-10 867     )       DATE
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On appeal from the decision of the
Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Roanoke,
Virginia

THE ISSUE

Entitlement to a total rating based on individual unemployability
due to service-connected disability.

REPRESENTATION

Appellant represented by: Military Order of the Purple
Heart

ATTORNEY FOR THE BOARD

Sabrina M. Tilley, Counsel

REMAND

The veteran had active duty from September 1965 to January 1969
and from December 1972 to September 1978.  During the course of
his appeal, the veteran raised additional claims for compensation
benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder, a left hip
disability, a skin condition due to Agent Orange exposure,
ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, prescription drug dependence
and a low back disorder.

To ensure full compliance with due process requirements, the case
is REMANDED to the regional office (RO) for the following
development:

Inasmuch as the issues of entitlement to
service connection for post-traumatic
stress disorder, a left hip disability, a
skin condition due to Agent Orange
exposure, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's
disease, prescription drug dependence, and
a low back disorder are deemed to be
"inextricably intertwined" with the issue
of entitlement to a total rating based on
individual unemployability due to service-
connected disability, the RO should take
appropriate adjudicative action, and
provide the appellant and representative,
if any, notice of the determination and the
right to appeal.  If a timely notice of
disagreement is filed, the appellant and
representative, if any, should be furnished
with a statement of the case and given time
to respond thereto.

Thereafter, the case should be returned to the Board, if in
order.  The Board intimates no opinion as to the ultimate outcome
of this case.  The appellant need take no action unless otherwise
notified.

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          LAWRENCE M. SULLIVAN
          Member, Board of Veterans' Appeals

The Board of Veterans' Appeals Administrative Procedures
Improvement Act, Pub. L. No. 103-271, § 6, 108 Stat. 740, ___
(1994), permits a proceeding instituted before the Board to be
assigned to an individual member of the Board for a
determination.  This proceeding has been assigned to an
individual member of the Board.

Under 38 U.S.C.A. § 7252 (West 1991), only a decision of the
Board of Veterans' Appeals is appealable to the United States
Court of Veterans Appeals.  This remand is in the nature of a
preliminary order and does not constitute a decision of the Board
on the merits of your appeal.  38 C.F.R. § 20.1100(b) (1993).