The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient information regarding the source of funds from the Veteran's Wells Fargo account and the appropriate disposition of the appellant's claim. Further development is needed to determine whether the funds are from a fiduciary trust account or a PFOP account, and to ascertain if the appellant is entitled to the funds as next of kin.
The deciding factor: The Board needs more information about the source of the funds and the appropriate disposition of the appellant's claim due to potential confusion regarding the nature of the funds involved.
- 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 16, 2019
- Citation
- 19129332
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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