The Board has remanded the case for a detailed audit of the amounts paid and owed to the appellant, including reimbursement for last sickness and burial expenses and an earlier effective date for aid and attendance allowance for accrued benefits purposes. The claim is pending as both issues have been granted but need further clarification on how the payments were calculated.
The deciding factor: The decision involves a remand due to the need for a detailed audit of the amounts paid and owed, including reimbursement for last sickness and burial expenses and an earlier effective date for aid and attendance allowance for accrued benefits purposes.
- Claimed conditions
- Aid and Attendance
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 3, 2010
- Citation
- 1016351
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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- Granted
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