The Board remands the issues of entitlement to restoration of a 100 percent rating for breast cancer residuals and special monthly compensation (SMC) based on housebound status due to an inadequate statement of the case.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary as the Board failed to provide adequate reasons or bases for referring the Veteran's October 2019 NOD to the RO instead of remanding for issuance of a Statement of the Case.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 16, 2025
- Citation
- 25005143
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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