The Veteran's injuries, including fractures of the wrist and forearm, fingers, knees, forehead, and brain impairment, were caused by participating in a VA vocational rehabilitation program. The Board found that commuting home from classes as part of this program was an essential activity.
The deciding factor: The provision of VA training and rehabilitation services proximately caused the Veteran's additional disability due to his participation in an essential activity (commuting home from classes) of the program provided by VA.
- Claimed conditions
- status post bilateral wrist and forearm fractures, fractures of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th fingers, laceration of the knees, laceration of the forehead, impaired brain function
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 13, 2013
- Citation
- 1325594
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- Dismissed
The appeal as to the issues of entitlement to service connection for a laceration of the forehead and bilateral knee disability is dismissed.,Service connection is not granted for these conditions.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prior to March 31, 2013 did not meet the schedular criteria for a TDIU rating. The Board found that his employment issues were due to non-service connected conditions and therefore denied the claim.
- Denied
The Veteran's multiple injuries, including bilateral wrist and forearm fractures, fractures of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th fingers, laceration of the knees, and laceration of the forehead, were not caused by an essential activity or function of his VA training program. The Board found that the accident occurred while he was riding a bicycle home from class, which is not part of the authorized activities.
- Denied
The Board denied reopening the claims for laceration of the forehead and defective vision, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted.
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