The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 due to new evidence linking his right arm pain to a VA-administered flu shot in October 1998, but denied the underlying claim as there was no fault on the part of VA or an unforeseeable event.
The deciding factor: The September 2004 and September 2006 VA opinions established that the veteran's right arm pain was at least as likely as not caused by the October 1998 flu shot, while the January 2007 VA examiner concluded otherwise based on lack of subsequent complaints and X-ray findings.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Arm Tendonitis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 2, 2007
- Citation
- 0723926
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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