The Board has determined that the Appellant's status as a surviving spouse of the Veteran needs to be verified, and her income and expenses for pension eligibility need to be clarified.
The deciding factor: Further development is required to determine if the Appellant was the surviving spouse at the time of the Veteran's death and to clarify her income and expenses for pension eligibility calculation purposes.
- 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 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19103572
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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