The Veteran's appeals for compensation benefits pursuant to 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for additional urinary incontinence, left lower extremity neurological impairment, and myocardial infarction as a result of VA treatment were denied due to lack of evidence showing these conditions were proximately caused by VA medical services.
The deciding factor: The August 2003 rating decision found that the Veteran's claims for additional urinary incontinence, left lower extremity neurological impairment, and myocardial infarction as a result of VA treatment were not substantiated due to insufficient evidence showing these conditions were proximately caused by VA medical services.
- Claimed conditions
- Urinary Incontinence, Left Lower Extremity Neurological Impairment, Myocardial Infarction
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 28, 2012
- Citation
- 1211141
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