The Board has granted the veteran's claims for compensation benefits pursuant to 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for dry eye syndrome and disability of the digestive tract based on surgeries performed by VA, as well as for extension beyond February 28, 1991, of a temporary total rating based on need for convalescence following surgery performed on November 28, 1990. The claims for service connection are also granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports the conclusion that the veteran's dry eye syndrome and disability of the digestive tract represent additional disabilities attributable to VA surgical treatment, not the result of his own willful misconduct or the natural progress of the condition.
- Claimed conditions
- post-operative residuals of a fracture of the left great toe, chronic left foot disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2001
- Citation
- 0102382
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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