The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to side effects of medications prescribed by VA is remanded, as there was insufficient evidence regarding the causation and proximate causation of his additional disabilities.
The deciding factor: There are insufficient medical opinions addressing whether Lisinopril caused additional disability or if such disability is due to carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment, delay in treatment, or a similar instance of fault on the part of VA providers.
- Claimed conditions
- COPD, heart disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19194935
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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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