The claim for entitlement to the payment of death pension benefits is remanded due to deficiencies in the record, including an unverified mailing address and insufficient evidence of income and unreimbursed medical expenses.
The deciding factor: Deficiencies in verifying the appellant's mailing address and obtaining sufficient evidence of her income and unreimbursed medical expenses necessitate a remand for further development.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 3, 2023
- Citation
- 23000204
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
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