The Veteran's urinary incontinence is being remanded for further review due to the lack of signed informed consent forms and an examination to determine if it was caused by VA carelessness, negligence, or other fault.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there were insufficient records regarding the Veteran's signed informed consent form for his October 2012 radical prostatectomy, which is necessary to establish whether the urinary incontinence is due to VA carelessness, negligence, or other fault.
- Claimed conditions
- Urinary disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2019
- Citation
- 19180471
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
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- Denied
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