The Veteran's claim for nonservice-connected pension and/or special monthly pension is being remanded due to incomplete information regarding his service in Vietnam. The RO needs to obtain the complete service personnel file, ship histories of all Navy ships he served on, and verify if he was aboard any brown Water navy ships that docked in Vietnam.
The deciding factor: The claim requires additional verification of the Veteran's service in Vietnam due to incomplete information provided by his personnel records.
- 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
- November 14, 2013
- Citation
- 1337070
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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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