The Veteran's claim for accrued benefits related to vocational training subsistence allowance is remanded due to incomplete information on the termination of the benefits. The VA needs to provide a full accounting of when and how the benefits were terminated.
The deciding factor: Incomplete documentation regarding the termination date of the Veteran’s vocational training subsistence allowance necessitates further investigation.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of rheumatic fever
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 12, 2020
- Citation
- 20053312
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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.
What you can do next
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