The Board has remanded the cases for additional development due to errors in previous decisions regarding SMC and TDIU.
The deciding factor: Previous decisions were incomplete or incorrect, requiring further review of records and legal considerations.
- Claimed conditions
- Housebound status, Unemployability due to service-connected disabilities
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 17, 2022
- Citation
- 22009597
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate development of evidence regarding the appellant's housebound status prior to May 8, 2013. The VA needs to obtain a retrospective opinion addressing whether the appellant was permanently housebound as a result of his service-connected disabilities for that period.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate examination for housebound status or permanent need for regular aid and attendance, requiring a new examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a duty to assist error, specifically regarding records within constructive possession of VA that were not associated with the claim file prior to the decision on appeal.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that there was a pre-decisional duty to assist error in the AOJ's handling of the SMC housebound claim, and thus remands the case for further development.
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