The Board has remanded the Veteran's overpayment determination and waiver claim due to procedural issues, including failure to provide a Statement of the Case (SOC) as required by law. The validity of the overpayment must be determined before any decision on the waiver can be made.
The deciding factor: Procedural errors prevented the Veteran from properly appealing the overpayment determination, necessitating remand for issuance of an SOC and proper notice to the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2019
- Citation
- A19003698
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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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