The Board has granted compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for the Veteran's destroyed tendons left little finger, destroyed tendons left ring finger, use of tendon from index left finger, and left index finger surgical scar as a result of VA treatment.
The deciding factor: The evidence established that the Veteran suffered additional disabilities due to complications incurred from his steroid injection procedure performed by VA in December 2016. The proximate cause of these additional disabilities was an event not reasonably foreseeable (the attending VA personnel's failure to follow the appropriate standard of care).
- Claimed conditions
- destroyed tendons left little finger, destroyed tendons left ring finger, use of tendon from index left finger, left index finger surgical scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2019
- Citation
- A19002484
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What this means for you
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