The Board has remanded the case due to procedural defects in the effective date for Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) and the creation of the overpayment. The Veteran must be provided a statement of the case on these issues, and their claim should be returned to the Board after they have had an opportunity to respond.
The deciding factor: The creation and waiver of the overpayment depend on determining when the effective date for DEA benefits was established, which is currently unclear due to procedural errors in the record.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19126237
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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