In re the Claim of Johnson

—Spain, J.

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed December 30, 1997, which re*751scinded the decision of the Administrative Law Judge and remitted the matter for further development of the record.

Inasmuch as the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board is authorized to remit a case “for such purposes as it may direct” (Labor Law § 621 [3]; see, Matter of Huntt [Sweeney], 239 AD2d 644), our review is limited to determining whether the Board abused its discretion in this instance (see, Matter of De Benedetto [Town of Brookhaven — Sweeney], 244 AD2d 740). Claimant…