The Veteran's dystonia is determined to be a direct result of negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment or similar instance of fault on VA's part in furnishing the medical treatment.
The deciding factor: VA personnel deviated from the standard of care for evaluating and diagnosing a patient with dementia by not performing a neurological examination, which led to misdiagnosis and subsequent development of dystonia as manifested by neck torticollis and spasticity/contractures of extremities.
- Claimed conditions
- dystonia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 3, 2012
- Citation
- 1200050
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What this means for you
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