The Veteran's quadriparesis or partial quadriplegia is not considered to be a result of VA surgery, and the Board finds that it was due to disease progression and aging rather than the 2002 shoulder surgery.
The deciding factor: The examiner found that current upper limb disability/weakness could not be attributed with greater than a 50% probability to the 2002 shoulder operation or events around that time, and opined that it was more likely due to disease progression and aging.
- Claimed conditions
- Quadriparesis or partial quadriplegia, Upper extremity weakness, Lower extremity weakness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 24, 2010
- Citation
- 1019106
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