The Board found that the veteran's meningitis residuals were not caused by VA negligence or carelessness, and thus compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 is denied.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support a finding of negligence on the part of VA in providing the veteran with his 1996 surgery, which resulted in meningitis residuals.
- Claimed conditions
- Meningitis residuals
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 30, 2008
- Citation
- 0803439
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for meningitis residuals and headaches, as well as bilateral hearing loss. The Veteran's claims will be readjudicated with new evidence considered.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased rating and TDIU are being remanded due to the need for a new VA examination to assess his meningitis residuals, including nerve damage, muscle deterioration, and other symptoms. The issues of service connection and exposure basis are not at issue.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claims of service connection for meningitis residuals, psychiatric disabilities (including major neurocognitive disorder and adjustment disorder), cerebral infarctions, left ankle disability, and right leg disability have been granted. The appeal was reopened due to new evidence submitted since the April 2002 rating decision.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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