The Board has remanded the case to determine if the appellant submitted an application for benefits from Social Security Administration (SSA) and to readjudicate the issue of entitlement to an effective date prior to August 1, 1993 for death pension benefits.
The deciding factor: The decision is pending further investigation into whether the appellant submitted a claim with SSA and to reassess the effectiveness of the award of death pension benefits based on this information.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 8, 2000
- Citation
- 0015204
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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