The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to insufficient medical opinions and development of records.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for additional medical opinions and record development to determine if the Veteran’s current left hip disability was caused by VA care, including a push during surgery and neglect in personal care.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip replacement, infection, left foot drop
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 6, 2019
- Citation
- 19160788
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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.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for multiple conditions was dismissed due to the untimely filing of the Board Appeal request.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for right and left foot drop, granted service connection for a right shoulder strain, and denied service connection for TBI. The claim for TDIU was dismissed.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an adequate opinion to determine if the Veteran's left hip replacement was aggravated by his service-connected lumbar spine disability.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for left foot drop, finding that it was secondary to the Veteran's service-connected ischemic cerebrovascular accident (stroke) residuals.
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