The Veteran's hip surgery resulted in additional disabilities, including instability of the trunk and hip, pressure ulcers, autonomic dysreflexia, bowel and bladder conditions, hypotension, impotence, and hypotension. The Board found that these additional disabilities were not reasonably foreseeable results of the surgery to which he consented.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's instability of the trunk and hip was not a reasonably foreseeable result of the surgery to which he consented.
- Claimed conditions
- trunk and hip instability, pressure ulcers, autonomic dysreflexia, bowel and bladder conditions, hypotension, impotence
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 2, 2020
- Citation
- 20000077
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What this means for you
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