The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development and evidence regarding whether the appellant had a valid marriage prior to her legal November 2004 marriage to the Veteran, based on the status of a common law marital relationship.
The deciding factor: The VA needs to determine if there was an attempted common law marriage between the appellant and the Veteran that would be recognized for VA purposes due to lack of knowledge of a legal impediment in their state of residence.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 12, 2010
- Citation
- 1025773
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
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