The Board has determined that additional development is necessary to adjudicate the claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to a surgical removal of the Veteran's colon, and remands the case for further action.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that there are unresolved issues regarding the etiology of any residuals from the surgical removal of the colon, including neurological disabilities, and requires additional medical opinion to address these issues.
- Claimed conditions
- neurological disabilities related to colon surgery with hemorrhage
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 6, 2021
- Citation
- 21062052
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 715 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for neurological disabilities related to colon surgery with hemorrhage, finding that the evidence did not support a causal link between VA treatment and the Veteran's current condition.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional supporting evidence in developing the claim, including an addendum opinion addressing the Veteran's post-surgical neurological disabilities and their relation to or aggravation by the surgery, bleed, secondary surgery, or coma.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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