Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. §1151 for a mental disorder as a result of the Veteran's March 2015 bilateral inguinal hernia surgery at the VAMC in Houston, Texas for additional procedural development.
The deciding factor: Additional procedural development is required to address all evidence received since issuance of a February 2025 SSOC.
- Claimed conditions
- mental disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 3, 2025
- Citation
- 25013584
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