Citation Nr: 21001631
Decision Date: 01/11/21	Archive Date: 01/11/21

DOCKET NO. 14-34 208A
DATE: January 11, 2021

REMANDED

Entitlement to a clothing allowance due to a service-connected knee disability is remanded in order for the Agency of Original Jurisdiction (AOJ) to reconstruct the record and upload all documentation related to the appeal to the electronics claims file.

REASONS FOR REMAND

The Veteran served on active duty in the United States Air Force from December 1985 to October 1995.

A Board hearing was held before the undersigned Veterans Law Judge in February 2020, and a transcript of the hearing is of record. 

Entitlement to a clothing allowance due to a service-connected knee disability is remanded in order for the AOJ to reconstruct the record and upload all documentation related to the appeal to the electronic claims file.

In the instant matter, the file for the claim of entitlement to a clothing allowance due to a service-connected knee disability cannot be located, and documentation pertinent to the appeal is not in the electronic record.  Therefore, it must be remanded in order for the AOJ to reconstruct the record and upload all documentation related to the appeal to the electronic claims file.  If such records are unable to be located, the AOJ should make a formal finding of unavailability

The matter is REMANDED for the following action:

1. Reconstruct the record and upload all documentation related to the claim for entitlement to a clothing allowance due to a service-connected knee disability to the electronic claims file.

2. If such records are unable to be associated with the record, make a formal finding of unavailability.

 

 

JOHN Z. JONES

Veterans Law Judge

Board of Veterans’ Appeals

Attorney for the Board	B. Mask, Associate Counsel

The Board’s decision in this case is binding only with respect to the instant matter decided. This decision is not precedential and does not establish VA policies or interpretations of general applicability. 38 C.F.R. § 20.1303.