The Board has denied the veteran's claims for nonservice connected death pension, DIC benefits, and accrued benefits. The case is being remanded to obtain service department records related to the veteran's ACDUTRA and INACDUTRA periods.
The deciding factor: The electronic claims file does not contain active duty for training (ACDUTRA) and inactive duty for training (INACDUTRA) service department records, which could potentially show an injury or illness that could be service connected. These records are needed to determine if the veteran's spouse had a qualifying disability due to disease or injury during ACDUTRA and/or INACDUTRA.
- Claimed conditions
- Nonservice-connected death
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19166460
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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.
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