Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the claim to obtain and associate a missing VA Form 21-686c with the claims file. The Veteran seeks an effective date earlier than December 1, 2022 for adding his spouse as a dependent.
The deciding factor: The VA Form 21-686c was not in the claims file, constituting a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25004928
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