The Board has determined that the procedural steps necessary to ensure the procedural and due process rights of the parties have not been completed. The case is remanded for further development, including notifying the appellant of requirements for a minor child to continue receiving an apportionment after turning 18 years old post high school, obtaining documentation from the educational institution regarding A.V.'s pursuit of education, requesting income and expense information from both parties, and readjudicating the issue based on all evidence of record.
The deciding factor: The procedural steps necessary to ensure the procedural and due process rights of the parties have not been completed. Specifically, notification is required for a minor child to continue receiving an apportionment after turning 18 years old post high school, documentation from the educational institution regarding A.V.'s pursuit of education is needed, income and expense information from both parties must be requested, and the issue should be readjudicated based on all evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 3, 2022
- Citation
- 22032498
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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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