The Board has determined that the effective date of the pension benefits should be earlier than May 19, 2011. However, to establish this, there needs to be evidence showing that the appellant's formal claim for special monthly pension based on need for aid and attendance was received by VA on March 31, 2011.
The deciding factor: The effective date of a pension award is determined by when the claim was received by VA. The appellant's representative claims the claim was submitted on March 31, 2011, but there needs to be evidence confirming this.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 17, 2012
- Citation
- 1228434
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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.
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