The Board has determined that the Veteran did not suffer additional disability due to VA medical treatment, including intentional infliction of mental and emotional distress, twisted toes, failure by VA employees to provide foot treatment from 2001 through 2007, incorrect diagnosis of lupus, or failure and/or refusal to diagnose and treat angioedema.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a finding that the Veteran's additional disabilities were caused by VA medical care. The Board considered all relevant factors including the Veteran’s non-compliance with treatment recommendations and her own actions in self-medicating, which led to some of the conditions she claimed.
- Claimed conditions
- intentional infliction of mental and emotional distress, twisted toes, locked right wrist, rheumatoid lung disease, incorrect diagnosis of lupus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19184385
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