The Veteran's numbness and paresthesia are not considered to be due to carelessness, negligence, or lack of proper skill on the part of VA in performing a June 25, 1990 dental extraction surgery. The Board finds that the event was not reasonably foreseeable as a result of this procedure.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support a finding of fault on the part of VA for the June 25, 1990 dental extraction surgery or an unforeseeable event resulting from it.
- Claimed conditions
- numbness, paresthesia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 28, 2018
- Citation
- 1819149
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