The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to a lack of informed consent documentation and potential unforeseeable complications from the November 2014 back surgery.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for additional development regarding informed consent and unforeseeability of complications from the November 2014 back surgery.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of use of both feet, bladder disability, impairment of bowel
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 22, 2022
- Citation
- 22042012
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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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