The Veteran's left lower extremity amputation is granted under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to carelessness and error in judgment on the part of VA.
The deciding factor: VA failed to exercise the degree of care that would be expected of a reasonable health care provider, constituting both carelessness and an error in judgment.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity amputation
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 17, 2020
- Citation
- 20048086
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- Remanded (sent back)
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