The Veteran has been granted compensation benefits under the provisions of 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for a neurological disability resulting from VA surgery in November 2009, and service connection for his mood disorder secondary to that neurological disability.,Service connection is also granted for gastrointestinal disorders (manifested by H. pylori), hypertension, fibromyalgia, and erectile dysfunction as secondary to the neurological disability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's neurological disability resulting from VA surgery in November 2009 was caused by the carelessness or lack of proper skill on the part of the VA medical center. The event (the neurological disability) was not reasonably foreseeable.,The mood disorder is secondary to chronic pain, which is a result of the neurological disability.
- Claimed conditions
- neurological disability, mood disorder, gastrointestinal disorder (manifested by H. pylori), hypertension, fibromyalgia, erectile dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 10, 2018
- Citation
- 1821025
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