The Veteran developed impaired vision and tooth loss due to VA medical treatment, which was not a reasonably foreseeable outcome. The Veteran is granted compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for these conditions.,The Veteran's loss of teeth was also due to VA medical treatment, specifically the development of SJS (Stevens-Johnson syndrome), and this was not a reasonably foreseeable outcome. The Veteran is granted compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for his tooth loss.,The Veteran does not have any current skin condition, genitourinary condition, or throat condition that can be attributed to the VA medical treatment resulting in SJS. Therefore, he is denied compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for these conditions.
The deciding factor: The adverse events (SJS and dental extraction) were not reasonably foreseeable outcomes of the Veteran's VA medical treatment.
- Claimed conditions
- Impaired vision, Tooth loss, Skin condition, Genitourinary condition, Throat condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 13, 2011
- Citation
- 1118426
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