The Board has remanded the cases due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding whether the Veteran's loss of spleen, scar, and acquired psychiatric condition were caused by VA carelessness or negligence.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for independent medical opinions to address whether the complications from VA treatment were foreseeable or directly caused by fault on the part of VA.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of spleen, scar, acquired psychiatric condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 7, 2023
- Citation
- 23013694
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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
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