The Board has determined that the Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 is remanded due to insufficient evidence regarding the nature and etiology of his residuals from a right superficial parotidectomy with facial nerve dissection, as well as whether these residuals were proximately caused by VA care.
The deciding factor: The Board cannot make a fully-informed decision without an examination and opinion regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's residuals and their causation.
- Claimed conditions
- ongoing pain, emotional challenges, right chin area scar, chewing and sleeping problems, loss of sex drive
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19192481
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,188 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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
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