The Board has remanded the issues regarding the interruption and discontinuation of vocational rehabilitation benefits due to a pending appeal with respect to an April 2011 decision.
The deciding factor: The Joint Motion found that the July 2018 Board decision did not consider the impact of evidence indicating a pending appeal related to the April 2011 decision which interrupted the Veteran's vocational rehabilitation benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 28, 2019
- Citation
- 19166706
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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.
What you can do next
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