Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a liver biopsy residuals, to include pain, under 38 USC § 1151 due to deficiencies in the previous VA examination and lack of an associated consent form.
The deciding factor: The previous VA opinion was inadequate because it did not provide rationale as to why the Veteran's abdominal pain was a reasonably foreseeable event, and there is no associated consent form for the March 20, 2023 biopsy.
- Claimed conditions
- pain, neuralgia post biopsy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25102025
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