The Board has determined that further examination and review of the Veteran's claims are necessary to properly adjudicate his claim for benefits under 38 U.S.C. §1151 due to complications from right knee surgeries, including a staph infection and leg length discrepancy.
The deciding factor: Further clarification is needed regarding informed consent and causation of residuals from the surgeries.
- Claimed conditions
- staph infection, leg length discrepancy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 24, 2018
- Citation
- 18120749
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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.
- Granted
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection have been remanded due to incomplete records and duty-to-assist errors. The VA is required to obtain relevant SSA records, as well as provide an addendum opinion regarding the Veteran's claimed stressors and psychiatric disabilities.
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