The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Pension Maintenance Center for additional development of relevant documents and records. The issue of entitlement to a waiver of recovery of overpayment of VA benefits in the amount of $3461.83 will be readjudicated following receipt of these documents.
The deciding factor: The appeal is being remanded due to missing administrative documents and records, specifically the July 4, 2004 notice letter from the VA Debt Management Center advising the Veteran of overpayment and the October 13, 2005 decision denying the waiver application for untimely filing.
- Claimed conditions
- cognitive disorder, bilateral hearing loss, diabetes mellitus, left eye disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 19, 2011
- Citation
- 1115233
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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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