The Veteran seeks retroactive induction into a VR&E program for the reimbursement of expenses associated with pursuing medical school training outside of the United States. The AOJ is instructed to obtain missing CWINRS notes and provide them to the Veteran and his attorney, along with a SSOC addressing any additional evidence added since the October 2018 SOC.
The deciding factor: The decision requires obtaining missing CWINRS notes and providing them to the Veteran and his attorney, as well as issuing a Supplemental Statement of the Case (SSOC) that corrects notice deficiencies and addresses any additional evidence added to the record.
- 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 29, 2022
- Citation
- 22043374
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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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