The veteran is entitled to compensation benefits pursuant to the provisions of 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for additional left lower extremity disability as a result of VA medical and surgical treatment in 1978, due to varus deformity.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the veteran's left leg angulation worsened while immobilized following the 1978 VA surgery, despite proper treatment by VA medical personnel.
- Claimed conditions
- varus deformity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 19, 2008
- Citation
- 0816414
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Decisions by this judge: 1,514 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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