The Board denied the appellant's claim for additional vocational rehabilitation training due to her failure to cooperate with VA in developing her case, including failing to attend scheduled psychological and medical examinations.
The deciding factor: The appellant failed to cooperate with VA efforts to develop her case, including attending necessary evaluations which were required for determining her eligibility for vocational rehabilitation benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- Sjogren's syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 31, 2000
- Citation
- 0014339
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- Remanded (sent back)
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