The Board has ordered the case back to the Regional Office for further action, including asking the appellant to provide a financial status report and addressing whether the overpayment of compensation was due solely to administrative error on the part of the RO.
The deciding factor: The validity of the overpayment is in question based on the appellant's claim that he notified the RO of the finality of his divorce in 1997, which could have alerted them to the need for a financial status report.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 4, 2006
- Citation
- 0637473
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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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