The Board found that the veteran's adverse reaction to medication prescribed by VA did not result from carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment, or similar instance of fault on the part of VA. The condition was deemed unforeseeable.
The deciding factor: VA treatment team provided informed consent and treatment plan for Risperdal, but the adverse reaction (NMS) occurred despite this
- Claimed conditions
- NMS, renal failure, right foot pain and numbness, hyperparathyroidism, hypercalcemia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 22, 2007
- Citation
- 0705149
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