The Board denied the appellant's claim for eligibility for loan guaranty benefits, stating that it was dependent on her entitlement to service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death. The case is being remanded for further development and readjudication.
The deciding factor: The appeal is remanded due to a failure to consider the applicable law regarding whether a VA medical opinion was necessary for the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, as well as the intertwining nature of the two issues (eligibility for loan guaranty benefits and service connection).
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 20, 2010
- Citation
- 1015070
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