The Board found that the veteran did not sustain an injury or aggravation of an injury resulting in additional disability due to VA's failure to diagnose rib and thoracic compression fractures he sustained in a June 1988 boating accident. As such, the claim for benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 was denied.
The deciding factor: The VA physicians' opinions indicated that the veteran did not sustain rib or thoracic spine fractures in the June 1988 accident and that any resulting disabilities were due to his poor health, age, liver cirrhosis, and general metabolic environment rather than VA's failure to diagnose and treat.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Rib Fractures, Thoracic Spine Compression Fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 21, 2006
- Citation
- 0618248
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What this means for you
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