The Veteran's spinal disability is granted as compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 due to a fall in the VA restroom caused by VA's failure to properly install and maintain grab bars.
The deciding factor: The Federal Circuit held that the injury was proximately caused by VA's failure to properly install and maintain the grab bar, which resulted in the Veteran's fall and subsequent injuries.
- Claimed conditions
- Spinal disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 26, 2013
- Citation
- 1339012
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection of a spinal disability is dismissed due to the Veteran's death.
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