The Board denied compensation benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for additional neurological symptoms in the left upper extremity following VA surgery, finding no causal connection between the surgery and the development of these symptoms. The claim for an increased rating for residuals of a gunshot wound was also denied.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinion concluded that the veteran's increased neurological symptoms were not caused by the February 1995 pacemaker implantation at a VA facility, as there is no evidence of any complications or incidents out of the ordinary during the procedure.
- Claimed conditions
- radial nerve injury, medial nerve damage, ulnar nerve involvement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- February 11, 2000
- Citation
- 0003600
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