The Veteran's serious injury is now considered eligible for PCAFC benefits as it occurred during an eligible period of service.
The deciding factor: The date the serious injury was incurred no longer serves as a threshold bar to basic eligibility due to changes in VA policy.
- Claimed conditions
- Serious injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 19, 2023
- Citation
- A23036524
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's eligibility to enroll in the VA Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) is being remanded due to an inadequate medical opinion from the Centralized Eligibility and Appeals Team (CEAT). The matter must be reconsidered with a new CEAT review that addresses all relevant evidence, including the need for personal care services and supervision.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's eligibility to enroll in the VA Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) is being remanded due to an inadequate medical opinion from the Centralized Eligibility and Appeals Team (CEAT). The matter must be reconsidered with a new medical opinion addressing whether the Veteran requires personal care services, supervision or protection, or regular/extended instruction.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has vacated the previous remand decision and is now remanding the case to determine if the Veteran meets all criteria for PCAFC eligibility, including serious injury during a period of service.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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