The Veteran's additional disabilities, including depressive and neurocognitive disorders, centrocecal scotoma of the left eye, and hemiparesis affecting the left arm, leg, and facial features, are deemed to be caused by VA carelessness or negligence during a cardiac catheterization in April 2008. As such, he is granted compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for these disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's additional disabilities were proximately caused by VA's failure to exercise the degree of care that would be expected of a reasonable health care provider during the April 2008 cardiac catheterization, resulting in an air embolus and subsequent cerebrovascular accident.
- Claimed conditions
- depressive and neurocognitive disorders, centrocecal scotoma of the left eye, hemiparesis affecting the left arm, leg, and facial features
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19115286
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