The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death to permit a claim for Parent's Dependency and Indemnity Compensation due to an unclear line of duty determination.
The deciding factor: The reasoning is based on the need to obtain the final line of duty determination from the service department, as it is unclear if Human Resources Command approved or disapproved the findings of the CMAOC Board.
- 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 10, 2023
- Citation
- 23001572
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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