The Veteran is seeking compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for right femoral nerve injury and urinary tract infections, claimed to result from VA treatment rendered during a hospitalization in June 2005. The Board has remanded the case due to issues regarding informed consent documentation.
The deciding factor: The Board found that informed consent was not properly documented and thus remanded for further review under applicable regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- right femoral nerve injury, urinary tract infections
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 17, 2014
- Citation
- 1432166
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for vaginal conditions, gastric bypass with residual hernias, bilateral knee conditions, bilateral shin splints, and bilateral foot conditions as they were not found to be related to the Veteran's service or service-connected disabilities.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tinea capitis, hypertension, and degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine but denied service connection for sinusitis and urinary tract infections. The claims for PTSD, hearing loss, chest pain, right hip condition, left hip condition, and right knee condition were remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for urinary incontinence, also claimed as urinary tract infections, to obtain an addendum opinion addressing the etiology of the Veteran's condition.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a genitourinary disability, including urinary tract infections, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected urinary incontinence.
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