The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining records from a juvenile detention facility and translating documents. The appeal is not about service connection.
The deciding factor: The decision was remanded due to incomplete or untranslated records that are relevant to determining whether the appellant became incapable of self-support prior to age 18.
- Claimed conditions
- incapable of self-support
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 24, 2006
- Citation
- 0608584
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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