The Board is unable to make a decision on whether the Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment (VR&E) Services should have been discontinued due to lack of evidence. The RO needs to locate any records from a June 2014 interview with Jonathan Berreth where the Veteran expressed interest in further services if they provided him with a Bachelor’s degree.
The deciding factor: The Board cannot find sufficient evidence regarding the June 2014 interview to make a decision on whether VR&E Services should have been discontinued.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2018
- Citation
- 18140058
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What this means for you
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