The Board has remanded the case due to an error in development, specifically regarding the preliminary issue of the appellant's character of discharge. The RO must now determine if the appellant wishes to continue his appeal for pension purposes and whether his character of discharge is a bar to entitlement to VA benefits.
The deciding factor: The initial development did not consider the preliminary issue of the appellant's character of discharge, which is within the Board's jurisdiction based on the RO's development of the pension entitlement issue.
- Claimed conditions
- unknown
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 24, 2002
- Citation
- 0212833
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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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