The appellant is seeking an earlier effective date for DIC benefits, which the RO assigned on July 18, 2006. The case has been remanded to obtain information from the Social Security Administration regarding any applications filed by the appellant after her husband's death.
The deciding factor: The claim requires additional development to determine if the appellant had filed an application with the Social Security Administration for benefits prior to July 18, 2006.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 30, 2010
- Citation
- 1024461
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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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