The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to treatment at the Houston VAMC from September 2004 through August 2005 is remanded for a VA medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The case requires a VA medical opinion to address whether the Veteran incurred an additional disability as a result of carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment or similar instance of fault on the part of VA during treatment at the Houston VAMC from September 2004 through August 2005.
- Claimed conditions
- B-cell lymphoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 2, 2019
- Citation
- 19160299
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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.
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