The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for right elbow pain was denied because there is no evidence in the records of any complaint, finding, treatment or diagnosis of a disabling condition in the right elbow as a result of a blood drawing procedure performed at a VA treatment facility.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not show that the Veteran had his blood drawn and subsequently developed right elbow pain due to carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment or some instance of fault on the part of VA in furnishing medical care.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Elbow Pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 4, 2010
- Citation
- 1005187
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