The Board is remanding the case to obtain additional VA education records and consider the holding in Ozer v. Principi, which may affect the appellant's claim for an extension of the delimiting date beyond October 20, 1995 for education benefits under Chapter 35.
The deciding factor: The Board needs to obtain all outstanding VA education records, including those related to the January 2002 denial, and consider the holding in Ozer v. Principi, which may impact the appellant's claim.
- 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 9, 2019
- Citation
- 19126619
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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