The veteran seeks to receive concurrent VA disability compensation and military retirement pay (MRP) for the period from January 1, 2004 to December 31, 2004. The RO denied his claim due to lack of explanation regarding the basis for withholding MRP payments.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on insufficient information provided by the RO in explaining the basis for withholding VA compensation and MRP payments.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip replacement, left hip replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 15, 2008
- Citation
- 0823304
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection were denied due to the late filing of the appeal requests, and thus the appeals are dismissed.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for effective dates earlier than October 26, 2014, for service connection and TDIU were denied.,The Veteran's claim for DEA benefits was also denied.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal was dismissed due to their death during the pendency of the appeal.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including obtaining records from the Veteran's final hospitalization and seeking VA medical opinions on the cause of death and right hip replacement.
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