The Board has remanded the case for further development due to incomplete medical records, which could establish need for pension benefits prior to the date of service connection. The appellant is given a year from the date of notice to provide this evidence.
The deciding factor: Incomplete medical records have been identified and are necessary to determine if the Veteran needed pension benefits prior to the effective date of August 18, 2014.
- Claimed conditions
- Pension benefits with special monthly compensation
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 15, 2017
- Citation
- 1739677
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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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