The Board has decided that the Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. 1151 for bladder perforation should be remanded due to a failure of the AOJ to provide notice of the right to a hearing.
The deciding factor: The decision was remanded because the initial AOJ decision did not include a notice of the right to a hearing on a supplemental claim, preventing the Veteran from making a fully informed decision with respect to his review options.
- Claimed conditions
- bladder perforation, bladder issues
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 26, 2026
- Citation
- A26017661
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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.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew her appeal seeking higher initial ratings for service-connected abscessed episiotomy site, bladder issues, vaginal conditions, and tachycardia effective July 14, 2014.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for bladder perforation, finding that it was not caused by negligence or fault on the part of VA during a TURP procedure.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a heart condition, to include CAD; prostate cancer; and bladder issues, to include as secondary to prostate cancer. The Board found no evidence of herbicide agent exposure or direct service connection.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for colon perforation and bladder perforation as secondary to the veteran's service-connected left tibia disability, and also denied a higher rating for his left tibia disability.
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