The Board has determined that the veteran's right above the knee amputation, secondary to complications from a May 1995 total knee replacement, was not due to VA carelessness or negligence. The evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether it was a foreseeable risk of the procedure.
The deciding factor: The Board found that while there was no fault on the part of VA, the amputation was a reasonably foreseeable result of the total knee replacement given the veteran's health factors and treatment history.
- Claimed conditions
- Right above the knee amputation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 14, 2004
- Citation
- 0418738
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