The Veteran is seeking compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for recurrent staph infections due to an August 1982 VA surgery during which a pedicle flap graft was sutured to the left index finger. The case has been remanded for further development, including obtaining additional medical records and determining if there is any additional disability related to the surgery.
The deciding factor: The appeal requires further development due to incomplete or missing evidence, as well as the need to determine if there are any additional disabilities resulting from the 1982 VA surgery.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent staph infections
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2013
- Citation
- 1302286
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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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- Dismissed
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran did not incur an additional disability, including recurrent staph infections, due to a 1982 VA surgery. The opinion from the independent medical expert (IME) concluded it was less likely than not that the Veteran incurred these conditions as a result of the surgery.
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