Citation Nr: 21025140
Decision Date: 04/27/21	Archive Date: 04/27/21

DOCKET NO. 16-58 955
DATE: April 27, 2021

REMANDED

Entitlement to clothing allowances for 2015 for right and left leg braces are remanded in order for the Agency of Original Jurisdiction (AOJ) to reconstruct the record and upload all documentation related to the appeal to the electronic claims file.

REASONS FOR REMAND

The Veteran served on active duty in the Army National Guard from November 1984 to May 1985 and from October 1987 to March 2003.

This case comes before the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board) on appeal from a July 2015 decision of a VA Medical Center in North Little Rock, Arkansas.

The complete file for the claims for entitlement to clothing allowances for 2015 for right and left leg braces cannot be located, and some documentation pertinent to the appeal is not in the electronic record, including but not limited to the original claim and decision and any relevant medical records.

Therefore, this case must be remanded for the AOJ to reconstruct the record and upload all documentation related to the appeal to the electronic claims file. If any such records cannot be located, the AOJ should make a formal finding of unavailability.

The matters are REMANDED for the following action:

1. Reconstruct the record and upload to the electronic claims file all documentation related to the claim for entitlement to clothing allowances for 2015 for right and left leg braces to the electronic claims file, including, but not limited to, the original claim and decision and any relevant medical records.

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

 

S.C. KREMBS

Veterans Law Judge

Board of Veterans’ Appeals

Attorney for the Board	P. Timmerman, 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 This decision is not precedential and does not establish VA policies or interpretations of general applicability. 38 C.F.R. § 20.1303.