The Board has determined that further development is needed to properly assess the appellant's monthly countable income during the overpayment period and her current financial status. The appellant should provide her complete work history, copies of her federal income tax returns, and a current financial disclosure form.
The deciding factor: Further development is required to accurately determine the appellant's income and financial situation during the overpayment period.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 27, 2018
- Citation
- 18139414
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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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