Richard B. Osborn Appellant v. R. James Nicholson

KASOLD, Judge:

Veteran Richard B. Osborn appeals pro se a July 29, 2005, decision of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board) that in part determined that interest income received from the redemption of U.S. Savings Bonds in 1997 is countable as income for purposes of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) improved pension benefits.1 For the reasons set forth below, the Board’s decision will be reversed and the matter remanded for further adjudication.

I. BACKGROUND

Mr. Osborn served on active duty in the U.S. Navy from May 1943 to January 1946. He was awarded VA disability pension benefits effective…