The Veteran's need for special monthly compensation based on the need for aid and attendance due to service-connected disabilities is remanded because there are outstanding medical records from Womack Army Medical Hospital and VA treatment records that have not been obtained.
The deciding factor: Outstanding medical records from Womack Army Medical Hospital and VA treatment records are needed to determine if the Veteran's gastric bypass surgery and need for aid and attendance are related to service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- need for aid and attendance
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 24, 2018
- Citation
- 18144396
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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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