The Board has remanded the claims of benefits under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for liver damage, kidney damage, and rhabdomyolysis due to VA prescribed Simvastatin. The issues are also being remanded for further development regarding service connection for the cause of Veteran’s death resulting from these conditions.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the existing medical evidence is inadequate to determine whether the Veteran's pre-existing liver and kidney disabilities were aggravated by the VA's failure to monitor his drug regimen, or if the Veteran's allergic reaction to Simvastatin was reasonably foreseeable. The remand also includes a request for further development regarding service connection for the cause of death.
- Claimed conditions
- liver damage, kidney damage, rhabdomyolysis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 11, 2018
- Citation
- 18141780
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for acute kidney injury with residual poor kidney function and rhabdomyolysis, but denied service connection for hyperlipidemia.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and remanded several service connection claims.
- Denied
The Board denied the claim for service connection for liver damage, as there was no evidence to support a causal relationship between the disability and the Veteran's military service.
- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's explicit withdrawal of his claims for increased ratings and service connection, with full understanding of the consequences.
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