The appeal is remanded for a medical opinion to determine if the veteran developed additional disability as a result of May 2003 VA surgical procedures.
The deciding factor: Additional disability may have resulted from the surgeries, but a definitive opinion is needed before adjudication.
- Claimed conditions
- Additional back disability, Urinary disability, Vascular disability, Symptomatic scar
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 9, 2009
- Citation
- 0900991
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.
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