The Board has denied compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for a right-hand atrophy disability, finding that the Veteran's condition was not caused by carelessness, negligence, lack of skill or similar incidence of fault on the part of VA personnel.
The deciding factor: The May 2015 VA examiner found the right-hand atrophy was not caused by or became worse as a result of VA treatment; is not the result of carelessness, negligence, lack of skill, or similar incidence of fault on the part of the attending VA personnel; could not have reasonably been foreseen by a reasonable healthcare provider; and is not the result of a failure on the part of the VA to timely diagnose or properly treat the claimed disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Right-hand atrophy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19194729
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What this means for you
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