The Board has determined that the issues of whether the Veteran's March 27, 1995, VA Form 21-526 constitutes an unadjudicated claim for service connection and whether the August 21, 2018, VA Form 9 was timely filed are inextricably intertwined with the issues of entitlement to earlier effective dates for TDIU and Dependents' Educational Assistance. As a result, these matters must be deferred pending final adjudication of those issues.
The deciding factor: The Board's decision is based on the interrelated nature of the claims and the need to address whether the Veteran's prior claims were properly adjudicated before considering the current 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
- July 9, 2020
- Citation
- 20045785
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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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