The veteran's claim for special monthly pension based on the need for regular aid and attendance or by reason of being housebound is remanded due to insufficient evidence, including a lack of recent medical evaluations.
The deciding factor: The case requires additional development, specifically obtaining updated medical records and conducting further examinations to assess the current severity of the veteran's disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic heart condition, upper extremities condition involving loss of use of right arm, loss of use of left hand from amputation of fingers, impairment in lower extremities, arthritis, skin condition with black nails on hands
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 8, 2006
- Citation
- 0638261
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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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