The Board denied the veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for additional disability of the right lower extremity, as there was no competent medical evidence to support his assertions that the disabilities were caused by a lack of proper care or negligent treatment on the part of VA caregivers.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the preponderance of the evidence is against a finding that any action or inaction by VA caregivers caused additional disability or constituted carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment, or similar instance of fault.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative joint disease of the hip and ankle, Muscle spasms in right leg and ankle, Edema in right leg and ankle, Ulcerative lesions on the right ankle
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2009
- Citation
- 0900576
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