The Board has determined that additional development is needed to ensure the Veteran and his estranged spouse are properly notified of their rights, including providing copies of statements of the case and supplemental statement of the case. The appeal will be remanded for these purposes.
The deciding factor: Additional steps need to be taken to verify the Veteran's current address, provide the Veteran with a copy of the appellant's DRO hearing transcript, obtain relevant VR&E folder documents, and solicit information regarding the Veteran's financial status and child support payments. The appellant is also asked to submit updated financial statements and evidence from her bankruptcy proceedings.
- Claimed conditions
- Dependent child
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 13, 2015
- Citation
- 1520477
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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: Denied
The Veteran's daughter and spouse were added as dependents after November 17, 2014. The Board denied the request for an earlier effective date.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to February 18, 2016 for the grant of additional compensation for a dependent child. The earliest possible date assignable for the award was the date of birth/adoption of the child, which is not before February 18, 2016.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for additional compensation benefits for a dependent child based on school attendance and concurrent receipt of DEA and disability benefits is denied as the Veteran was not entitled to such benefits before May 2016 due to his dependent child having already elected for DEA benefits.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran was not reasonably discharging his responsibility for supporting his dependent child V.W. during the relevant period, and a general apportionment of his VA compensation benefits in the amount he received for his dependent child is granted.
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