The Board has remanded the case for further action on issues related to overpayment of disability compensation benefits and timeliness of a request for waiver due to removal of a spouse from an award. The creation of the debt is also under review.
The deciding factor: The decision was remanded because the validity of the debt must be determined before considering the waiver issue.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of use of bilateral lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 16, 2020
- Citation
- 20004027
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for bladder incontinence but denied earlier effective dates and increased ratings for other conditions.
- Granted
The veteran's effective date for service connection and SMC for loss of use of bilateral lower extremities is granted as of September 16, 2021.
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