The Board has remanded the case for further development regarding the creation and waiver of an overpayment. The AOJ is to perform an 'Award Audit' to calculate the final amount of the debt, including a period when the Veteran apparently received no payments. They are also to consider if a request for waiver of the debt may be made at that time.
The deciding factor: The Board found that an 'Award Audit' should be performed to accurately calculate the debt in this case, including the May 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018 period when the Veteran apparently received no payments.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 20, 2023
- Citation
- 23066982
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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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