The Board found no additional disability in the low back and legs resulting from the July 2005 VA surgery, and thus denied compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151.
The deciding factor: VA failed to exercise the degree of care expected for securing the Veteran's lower extremities during the surgery, but this did not result in additional disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Low Back, Legs
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 14, 2017
- Citation
- 1757946
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