The Veteran's neuralgia of the breast was caused by her June 1998 VA breast reduction surgery, which was a direct result of carelessness or negligence on the part of VA. The additional disability was not foreseeable.
The deciding factor: VA failed to exercise the degree of care that would be expected from a reasonable health care provider in providing informed consent for the breast reduction surgery.
- Claimed conditions
- neuralgia of the breast
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 10, 2012
- Citation
- 1227709
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