The Board has determined that the appellant incurred a valid indebtedness of $908.27 due to overpayment of VA educational benefits and denied a waiver for this debt. The case is being remanded for further action, including obtaining medical evidence to substantiate the appellant's claim of mental impairment.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was insufficient evidence to support the appellant's claim of mental impairment which could have affected his ability to report course work at college.
- Claimed conditions
- mental impairment due to head injury
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 17, 2006
- Citation
- 0614423
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Decisions by this judge: 2,480 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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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