The veteran's post-radiation urethral strictures and actinic keratoses are considered to be additional disabilities resulting from VA-provided medical treatment, meeting the criteria for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151.
The deciding factor: The veteran developed urethral strictures and actinic keratoses as a result of radiation therapy administered by VA doctors at the University of Utah Medical Center, which was provided pursuant to a sharing agreement between the VA medical center and the university.
- Claimed conditions
- urethral strictures, actinic keratoses
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 11, 2001
- Citation
- 0100816
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