The Veteran's hypoparathyroidism is granted as a result of the April 2009 parathyroidectomy, which was performed negligently without intraoperative PTH monitoring equipment.
The deciding factor: The proximate cause of the Veteran’s additional disability (hypoparathyroidism) was VA’s negligence in performing the April 2009 surgery without proper equipment.
- Claimed conditions
- hypoparathyroidism, hyperparathyroidism
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 9, 2019
- Citation
- 19192144
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Decisions by this judge: 1,676 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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