The veteran's claim for special monthly pension based on being housebound is remanded due to the need for further examination and clarification of his disability status.
The deciding factor: Further medical evaluation is required to determine if the veteran's disabilities are severe enough to render him housebound, necessitating a reexamination and review of all relevant records.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate problems, deteriorating bone conditions
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 29, 2006
- Citation
- 0640154
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,669 · Granted: 23% (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.
What you can do next
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