The Board has determined that the Appellant is eligible for nonservice-connected death pension from May 25, 2016 through November 30, 2016. However, the claim for nonservice-connected death pension from December 1, 2016 is remanded due to lack of information regarding her income and medical expenses.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Appellant had deductible medical expenses in excess of five percent of the maximum annual pension rate (MAPR) for the period May 25, 2016 through November 30, 2016. The claim is remanded to obtain information regarding her income and medical expenses from December 1, 2016 forward.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 29, 2019
- Citation
- 19190150
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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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