The Board's February 2, 2022 decision is vacated due to a lack of proper due process. The case is remanded for further development and consideration.
The deciding factor: Due process was not followed as the appellant did not have sufficient time to respond to the Supplemental Statement of the Case (SSOC) before the Board issued its decision.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 6, 2022
- Citation
- 22038560
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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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