The Veteran's claim for special monthly pension based on the need for regular aid and attendance or by reason of being housebound is remanded due to potential missing Social Security Administration records.
The deciding factor: Missing SSA disability benefits decision and supporting documents may affect the determination of the effective date and eligibility for special monthly pension.
- Claimed conditions
- non-degenerative arthritis, dysbaric osteonecrosis, housebound status/aid and attendance
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 20, 2018
- Citation
- 18112948
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew his appeal for a rating in excess of 10 percent for non-degenerative arthritis, and the appeal has been dismissed.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection and initial rating for non-degenerative arthritis were denied. The Board found that the evidence did not reach a level of equipoise, thus denying both claims.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for non-degenerative arthritis and fibromyalgia, both of which are related to herbicide exposure. The case is returned for further development including obtaining additional medical opinions.
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