The Board has remanded the claims for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to concerns about causation and fault related to falls during treatment in February, September, and October 2012.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for clarification regarding whether the Veteran's falls caused his claimed disorders or had another etiology, and if so, whether they were due to VA carelessness, negligence, or other fault.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical stenosis with herniated discs, right upper extremity paralysis, left upper extremity weakness, loss of bladder function, loss of bowel function, loss of use right lower extremity, partial left leg amputation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 25, 2022
- Citation
- 22065927
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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: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him so helpless that he requires the regular aid and attendance of another person, as evidenced by his need for assistance with bathing/showering, tending to hygiene needs, eating or self-feeding, transferring in or out of a bed/chair, dressing, toileting, ambulating with his home or living area, and medication management.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for eligibility to an allowance for an automobile and/or other conveyance or adaptive equipment.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for loss of bowel and bladder function but granted a 60% rating for right and left lower extremity sciatic peripheral neuropathy, and a 50% rating for right upper extremity polyneuropathy, effective from March 18, 2023.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board denied increased ratings for various conditions but granted a 30 percent rating for left and right upper extremity weakness prior to November 13, 2024, and an earlier effective date of August 27, 2010, for total disability based on individual unemployability.
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