The Board denied the appellant's claims for both service connection and compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 due to a lack of competent evidence linking the vancomycin-resistant enterococcal infection to his service-connected right knee replacement.
The deciding factor: There was no competent medical evidence showing that the vancomycin-resistant enterococcal infection was proximately due to or aggravated by the appellant's service-connected total right knee replacement, and there were no culture studies reported in the chart to support a diagnosis of the condition.
- Claimed conditions
- vancomycin-resistant enterococcal infection
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2000
- Citation
- 0027987
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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