The claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for additional disability, including a hospital-acquired infection, is remanded due to an inadequate examination.
The deciding factor: The most recent examiner failed to consider the Veteran's lay statements, rendering their opinion invalid and necessitating a new addendum.
- Claimed conditions
- hospital acquired infection
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2024
- Citation
- 24032265
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,451 · Granted: 22% (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: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to a hospital acquired infection following his coronary bypass graft is remanded for further development, including obtaining an addendum opinion from a cardiothoracic surgeon and/or infectious disease clinician.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 is remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding whether his hospital acquired infection and osteomyelitis were caused by carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment, or similar instance of fault on VA's part.
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