The Board has decided that the pension benefits reduction for the Veteran should be reconsidered due to a duty to assist error. The decision is remanded to gather necessary information.
The deciding factor: The RO did not properly determine the details of the Medicaid-covered nursing home expenses and the amount paid by the Veteran from his own funds.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2019
- Citation
- A19002925
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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
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