The veteran seeks compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for additional disability due to VA's alleged failure to diagnose and treat a carcinoid tumor of the small bowel in a timely manner.
The deciding factor: VA failed to diagnose and/or treat the veteran's preexisting carcinoid tumor of the small bowel, which resulted in additional disability.
- Claimed conditions
- carcinoid tumor of the small bowel
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 21, 2006
- Citation
- 0611493
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