The veteran is seeking compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for the amputation of his left foot due to negligent VA treatment, and the case needs further development.
The deciding factor: Further medical opinion is needed regarding the negligence or causation of complications from prior VA treatment.
- Claimed conditions
- left foot amputation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 22, 2008
- Citation
- 0832368
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for various conditions, including neck disability manifested by pain and diabetes mellitus type II, secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral knee degenerative arthritis. The other conditions were also granted as they are caused by the now-service-connected diabetes mellitus type II.
- Granted
The Veteran's diabetes mellitus, coronary arteriosclerosis, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, and left foot amputation are all granted as service connected due to herbicide exposure in Thailand.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for left foot amputation and left leg above the knee amputation, finding a pre-decisional duty to assist error in not obtaining VA opinions addressing these claims on a secondary basis.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals regarding service connection for various conditions and disability ratings due to the Veteran's death.
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