The Board remands the claim for an additional VA examination to determine if the Veteran has additional disability due to a December 2012 surgery and whether such disability was caused by fault on the part of VA.
The deciding factor: The February 2023 VA medical opinion is found inadequate as it did not address the Veteran's assertions or the December 14, 2012, procedure.
- Claimed conditions
- unauthorized surgery, small intestinal submucosa (SIS) graft, with uncontrolled bleeding, E. coli, and infection, urethra injury, prostate gland injury, penile deformity, pain, cellulitis, abscess, trauma, non-healing surgical wound
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25035781
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,913 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate medical opinions and needs further development.
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