The Board has determined that the appellant's current additional permanent renal disability was proximately caused by an event not reasonably foreseeable, namely a large posterior bulbar urethral disruption at the time of VA placement of a Foley catheter in December 2000. The criteria for entitlement to compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for additional renal disability have been met.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the appellant's current additional permanent renal disability was proximately caused by an event not reasonably foreseeable, namely a large posterior bulbar urethral disruption at the time of VA placement of a Foley catheter in December 2000.
- Claimed conditions
- renal disability, additional disability other than renal disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 22, 2004
- Citation
- 0419802
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