The appellant is seeking an extension of the delimiting date for education assistance benefits under Chapter 30, Title 38, United States Code (Montgomery GI Bill). The Board finds that he should be given the opportunity to provide competent evidence showing that he had a disabling disability preventing commencement or completion of his chosen program of education. The case is REMANDED for further development and readjudication.
The deciding factor: The appellant's claim requires additional evidence regarding his physical and mental disabilities that prevented him from initiating or completing his chosen program of education.
- Claimed conditions
- physical and mental disabilities
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 11, 2013
- Citation
- 1329060
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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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