Busch v. West

ORDER

On December 3, 1997, the appellant filed a Notice of Appeal (NOA) from October 29, 1997, decisions of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board or BVA) denying earlier effective dates for a 10% evaluation for a service-connected bipolar disorder and for a 100% rating for that disorder, and denying an extension to the delimiting date for receipt of Chapter 34 educational assistance benefits.

On August 12, 1999, the parties filed a joint motion for a remand, stating the follow*553ing reasons for the remand: (1) As to the earlier-effective-date claim for his 100% rating, the Board had failed to…