The Board has determined that the Veteran's residuals of a right submandibular gland duct injury are the result of an event not reasonably foreseeable during VA treatment, and thus meets the criteria for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence indicates that the Veteran suffered additional disability as a result of an unforeseeable event (the handpiece slipping and abrading the ventral surface of his tongue during oral surgery), which occurred despite no indication of carelessness, negligence, or similar fault on VA's part.
- Claimed conditions
- Right submandibular gland duct injury, Tongue burning sensation, Inability to eat certain foods
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 22, 2011
- Citation
- 1111432
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