The Veteran's additional disability of the right lower extremity is not deemed to be caused by VA carelessness, negligence, or fault. The Board finds no evidence that the March 2012 Keller arthroplasty procedure was performed improperly.
The deciding factor: The medical opinion provided indicates that the surgery was performed as described and with informed consent, and there were no indications of malpractice or unforeseeable events.
- Claimed conditions
- additional disability of the right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 20, 2016
- Citation
- 1641089
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