The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for a left finger disability, finding that there was no evidence of actual or functional recurrent subluxation or lateral instability in his knees and that he did not have a left finger disability as the result of carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment, or similar instance of fault on the part of VA medical personnel during surgery.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claim was denied because there was no evidence of actual or functional recurrent subluxation or lateral instability in his knees and he did not have a left finger disability as the result of carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment, or similar instance of fault on the part of VA medical personnel during surgery.
- Claimed conditions
- Left finger disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 11, 2006
- Citation
- 0600860
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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