The Board is remanding the case to determine if an overpayment of nonservice-connected pension benefits was validly created and to ascertain the effective date for any reduction or discontinuance due to an increase in countable income.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that further development of the record, including obtaining evidence regarding when the Veteran first received payment from Social Security Administration (SSA), is necessary to make a determination on the overpayment and effective date issues.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19178242
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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