The VA surgery and treatment in February 1998 may have caused the veteran's right foot drop, but there is no evidence of negligence or unforeseeable events. The claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 is denied.
The deciding factor: There was no evidence of negligence or unforeseeable events on VA's part in providing the treatment that caused additional disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Right foot drop, Persistent neurogenic bowel and bladder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2006
- Citation
- 0639400
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