The Board is unable to determine the Veteran's eligibility for DEA benefits due to incomplete information and requires additional development of his claims file.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claims file must be obtained and associated with the appellant's claims file to ensure a complete review of her eligibility for DEA benefits under Chapter 35.
- Claimed conditions
- permanent total service-connected disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 25, 2011
- Citation
- 1131325
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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.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal regarding earlier effective dates for TDIU and DEA benefits is dismissed as the AOJ's decision implementing the Board's grant of these benefits from June 29, 2011, is final.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's request for an earlier effective date for DEA benefits, finding that permanent and total disability was not established before March 9, 2020.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's effective date for DEA benefits is denied as he did not have a permanent and total service-connected disability prior to February 2, 2001.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for DEA benefits is denied as there is no other basis upon which he could have established eligibility prior to May 18, 2017.
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