The Board denied compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for a qualifying additional disability, specifically an urethral stricture, caused by VA treatment in October 2012.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence did not support finding that the Veteran's additional disability was proximately caused by either carelessness or negligence on the part of VA personnel.
- Claimed conditions
- urethral stricture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19176065
What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for urethral stricture and associated erectile dysfunction, status-post transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) surgery due to a finding that the proximate cause of these conditions was not as a result of carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment, or similar instance of fault on the part of VA.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of December 19, 2019, for the award of service connection for urethral stricture.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for the veteran's urethral stricture, determining that it began during active service.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's appeal for a higher disability rating for urethral stricture, stating that the evidence did not support a rating higher than 20 percent.
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