The Board denied the Veteran's claims for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for an amnestic/cognitive disorder due to VA heart surgery in December 1997, and denied his increased rating claim for degenerative disc disease with compression fracture at L1/L2 and initial compensable rating or ratings for bilateral sciatica.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support a finding of additional disability proximately due to VA care, treatment, or examination. The Board found that the Veteran's memory loss and cognitive impairments were more likely related to pre-existing conditions rather than the December 1997 heart surgery.
- Claimed conditions
- amnesia/cognitive disorder, degenerative disc disease with compression fracture at L1/L2, sciatica
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 3, 2010
- Citation
- 1016370
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What this means for you
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- Denied
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