The Veteran's increased disability associated with his right foot disorder was not the result of carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment or a similar instance of fault on the part of VA treatment providers who performed the procedure in March 2004. The events that occurred were reasonably foreseeable.
The deciding factor: VA examiners concluded that any additional disability was not due to carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment or a similar instance of fault on the part of VA treatment providers and that the event was reasonably foreseeable.
- Claimed conditions
- bunionectomy, right great toe, hammertoe
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 24, 2011
- Citation
- 1131122
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