The Board has ordered the RO to recalculate the appellant's annualized countable income for death pension purposes from November 1, 1996 through October 31, 1997 based on her initial claim received in November 1996 and according to available records. The case will be returned to the Board after this recalculations are completed.
The deciding factor: The Board found that previous remand instructions were not fully complied with and ordered a new calculation of the appellant's income for death pension purposes.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 11, 2002
- Citation
- 0207635
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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.
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