The Veteran contests the withholding of VA disability compensation benefits due to receipt of military pay for drill days of active duty in FY 2018. The Board finds that this appeal must be remanded for additional development, including determining the specific time and dates of active duty served by the Veteran during FY 2018, and whether or not any adjustments made based on active duty service will result in any recoupment of benefits already paid to the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The appeal must be remanded for additional development to determine the specific time and dates of active duty served by the Veteran during FY 2018, and whether or not any adjustments made based on active duty service will result in any recoupment of benefits already paid to the Veteran.
- 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 5, 2020
- Citation
- A20016535
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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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