The Veteran's claim for a waiver of recovery of overpayment of VA education and housing benefits is being remanded due to the need for additional records related to his withdrawal from courses in October 2015.
The deciding factor: Additional clinical records are needed to determine if repayment would cause undue financial hardship due to psychiatric treatments and loss of jobs.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19101318
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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