Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the case to determine whether the beneficiary's mother would be a suitable fiduciary, as required by 38 C.F.R. § 13.100.
The deciding factor: There was a pre-decisional duty to assist error in not following the order of preference for appointing a fiduciary and issuing a written Field Examination Report.
- 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 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25109736
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