The Board remands the issue of entitlement to compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for sensory neuropathy, right femoral nerve, secondary to VA treatment provided in January 2012, due to incomplete records and unreadable signatures.
The deciding factor: Remand is needed to verify that all requested relevant records have been associated with the claim file and to obtain necessary consent forms.
- Claimed conditions
- sensory neuropathy, right femoral nerve
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 4, 2025
- Citation
- 25013667
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Decisions by this judge: 2,549 · Granted: 29% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case back to the AOJ for review of additional evidence submitted by the Veteran, and will issue an SSOC.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to incomplete information and need for additional development, including obtaining full informed consent forms and treatment records.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to the need for additional development, including a new VA opinion on whether the sensory neuropathy, right femoral nerve is an additional disability and if it was caused by or worsened by VA treatment. The Veteran's representative will be invited to submit any relevant evidence.
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