The Board has remanded the claim for additional compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to VA care resulting in additional disabilities of a right forearm skin graft, abdominal scarring, and additional hernia disabilities. The case is being returned for further development including scheduling an appropriate VA examination.
The deciding factor: The Board found the existing medical opinion inadequate and ordered another VA examination by a surgeon to address the Veteran's claims regarding her injuries resulting from VA care.
- Claimed conditions
- right forearm skin graft, abdominal scarring, additional hernia disabilities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 9, 2019
- Citation
- 19192405
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for additional disability under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to October 2017 VA medical care (panniculectomy) and secondary service connection theories.
- Granted
The Veteran's tinnitus was granted service connection. The Veteran's abdominal scarring and shin splints were denied service connection. The Veteran's lumbar strain, bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy, and left leg shin splints with moderate knee disability are remanded for further evaluation.
- Denied
The veteran's abdominal scarring is rated at 10 percent, and the Board has denied a higher rating as there are no conditions warranting an increase in his current rating.
- Granted
The Board has granted an initial compensable evaluation of 10 percent for the laminectomy scar and denied a higher rating for abdominal scarring.
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