The Veteran seeks compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for residuals of a bladder injury resulting from VA TURP surgery in April 2002. The case is remanded to obtain an opinion on whether the current chronic disability is due to carelessness, negligence or some other incident of fault on the part of VA.
The deciding factor: The Veteran sustained a bladder injury during a VA TURP procedure and now claims that his current chronic disabilities are related to this surgery. The case requires medical evidence to determine if any new or aggravated disability is due to carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment or some other incident of fault on the part of VA.
- Claimed conditions
- Bladder injury, Urinary frequency, Pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 21, 2012
- Citation
- 1221658
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 is remanded due to inadequate VA medical opinions regarding the causation and aggravation of her bladder disability.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of urinary frequency and therefore, service connection for this condition is denied.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a bladder condition, finding that the evidence is not persuasive in establishing a relationship to service or secondary to a service-connected disability.
- Granted
The Veteran's urinary frequency is due to his service-connected hypertension and diabetes, and the Board has granted service connection for this condition as secondary to those disabilities.
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