The Veteran's additional respiratory disability was caused by an unforeseeable event, specifically the use of Dantrolene medication during VA treatment. The Board found that this resulted in temporary worsening but no residual long-lasting effects.
The deciding factor: The use of Dantrolene led to a temporary worsening of the Veteran’s respiratory dysfunction due to pneumonia and aspiration, which was not reasonably foreseeable by reasonable healthcare providers.
- Claimed conditions
- Respiratory Dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 20, 2019
- Citation
- 19195738
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