The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 is remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions and records, including informed consent documents and a May 2014 VA medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The decision was not explicitly about service connection but rather about compensating the Veteran under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for additional disability arising from November 2012 through January 2013 VA medical treatment and surgical procedures, which necessitates further investigation.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of mobility, bowel disorder, intestinal fistula, testicular pain, scarring of the vessels behind the intestines
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 31, 2019
- Citation
- 19197136
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Decisions by this judge: 961 · Granted: 20% (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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