The Veteran's claim for VA compensation for bilateral lower extremity paralysis under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 is being remanded due to the need to obtain Social Security Administration (SSA) disability benefits records and additional medical treatment records.
The deciding factor: The SSA records are required as per law, and further VA medical opinions may be needed regarding the cause of the Veteran's bilateral lower extremity paralysis.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral lower extremity paralysis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 5, 2009
- Citation
- 0916754
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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.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed all the issues related to service connection and compensation for various disabilities, including hearing loss, back injury, scars, paralysis of upper and lower extremities, and TDIU. The decision also noted that the appellant died during the appeal process.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for his lumbosacral strain is denied. The Board also remanded the claims of service connection for PTSD and for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for bilateral lower extremity paralysis secondary to surgical repair of an infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's bilateral lower extremity paralysis was not caused by VA carelessness, negligence, or similar fault and that it did not result from an event not reasonably foreseeable. Therefore, the claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 is denied.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed due to his death, and the issue of entitlement to VA compensation for bilateral lower extremity paralysis under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 is moot.
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