The Board has remanded the claim for additional accrued benefits due to insufficient information regarding the appellant's consultations with health care professionals and whether SMC is warranted at a rate above L-1.
The deciding factor: The decision was remanded due to insufficient evidence regarding the appellant's consultations with health care providers and whether SMC should be awarded at a higher rate than the L-1 rate for accrued benefits purposes.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 11, 2022
- Citation
- 22057133
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
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