The veteran is seeking compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for bilateral lower extremity neuropathy that he believes resulted from a coronary artery bypass graft surgery in April 2002 at a VA facility. The Board has remanded the case to allow for further examination and opinion regarding whether any current lower extremity neuropathies are related to the surgery.
The deciding factor: The veteran's bilateral femoral compressive neuropathies may or may not be reasonably foreseeable consequences of his April 2002 coronary bypass graft surgery, which must be determined through a VA neurological examination.
- Claimed conditions
- right femoral neuropathy, left femoral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 27, 2006
- Citation
- 0639877
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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