The Board has remanded the case due to missing VA medical records from December 2019 to the present. The Veteran's advocate requested these records as they may be relevant to his SMC and housebound benefits claim.
The deciding factor: Missing VA medical records from December 2019 to the present are identified as potentially relevant to the Veteran's case on appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 26, 2020
- Citation
- 20056594
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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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