The Board has remanded the claim for VA medical opinion to determine if the Veteran's renal failure was caused by negligence or similar fault in VA medical treatment. The case will be returned to the Board after further review.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for a VA clinician to provide an opinion regarding whether the Veteran's renal failure was caused by negligence or similar fault in VA medical treatment, specifically related to vancomycin monitoring during home IV treatment in 2008.
- Claimed conditions
- Renal failure
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 26, 2021
- Citation
- 21032389
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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