The Board has determined that the appellant incurred additional disability involving left radial nerve palsy resulting from treatment during VA hospitalization in August 1993, which was not knowingly consented to by the appellant as a certain or nearly certain risk or complication of VA treatment and did not represent natural progression of a disease or injury unrelated to the VA's treatment.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports that the appellant's current left radial nerve palsy is related to the August 1993 VA treatment, but there was no known consent for this potential risk. The disability was not shown to be a certain or nearly certain risk of the VA treatment.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Radial Nerve Palsy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 6, 2001
- Citation
- 0106630
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