The veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and compensation benefits were denied.,Compensation benefits pursuant to the provisions of 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for painful and bloody urination and back pain as the result of a VA cystoscopy in March 1998 are not warranted.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claims were denied because they did not present a question of medical complexity or controversy, and there was no evidence to suggest that the failed cystoscopic procedure should have produced any long-term disability.,Compensation benefits pursuant to the provisions of 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for painful and bloody urination and back pain as the result of a VA cystoscopy in March 1998 are not warranted because there was no evidence to suggest that the procedure caused any permanent disability.
- Claimed conditions
- paranoid schizophrenia, right epididymitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 21, 2003
- Citation
- 0303092
Veterans Law Judge
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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