The Board has determined that the VA Regional Office (RO) did not properly conduct the required development for determining whether a debt of $11,455.50 was validly created for overpayment of OJT benefits under Chapter 33. The RO failed to obtain and associate with the record a copy of the approval notice for the Air Traffic Controller Program at the San Francisco Air Traffic Control Tower, as requested in the previous remand order. The Board is therefore remanding the case again for further development.
The deciding factor: The VA Regional Office did not comply with the previous remand directives to obtain and associate a copy of the approval notice for the Air Traffic Controller Program at the San Francisco Air Traffic Control Tower, which was necessary to determine whether the Veteran's training was part of an approved program or if he pursued advanced training.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 12, 2026
- Citation
- 26002054
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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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