Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an adequate medical opinion to address the additional disability resulting from a colonoscopy and subsequent treatment.
The deciding factor: The November 2021 opinion was found inadequate due to discrepancies in risk disclosure and foreseeability, necessitating a new addendum opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- colonoscopy complications leading to right hemicolectomy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25091983
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