The Board remands the claim for further development, including obtaining a consent form and full text of March 2013 operation records to determine if informed consent was given.
The deciding factor: The evidence is insufficient to determine whether the Veteran gave informed consent for the surgical procedures performed in March 2013 due to missing records and incomplete information provided by the VA.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of posterior cervical decompression surgery
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25028459
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
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