The Veteran's additional disabilities, including vision problems, postnasal drip, sore throat, and difficulty resonating, were not the result of unforeseen events or lack of skill, carelessness, negligence, error in judgment on the part of VA. The Board finds that these conditions are related to his pituitary adenoma treatment.
The deciding factor: The additional disabilities resulted from the Veteran's pituitary adenoma treatment and were not foreseeable consequences of such treatment.
- Claimed conditions
- vision problems, postnasal drip, chronic sore throat, difficulty resonating
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 3, 2012
- Citation
- 1200060
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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