The Board has remanded the claim for substitution and compensation under §1151 for anoxic brain injury, on a substituted or accrued basis due to issues with associating the appellant's claim in VBMS.
The deciding factor: The appellant’s substitution claim was not associated with the VBMS system, which is used for processing such claims. The Board has ordered that her substitution claim be associated and processed.
- Claimed conditions
- anoxic brain injury
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 6, 2020
- Citation
- 20072019
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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