The Board remands the claim for additional VA opinions to determine if there was any additional disability caused by VA prescribed medications for hypertension, and whether such additional disability was proximately caused by carelessness or negligence on the part of VA.
The deciding factor: The previous VA opinions were found insufficient due to lack of adequate rationale and failure to address all required questions.
- Claimed conditions
- transient ischemic attack, cerebrovascular accident with associated memory loss
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 5, 2021
- Citation
- 21061873
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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