The Board denied the Veteran's claim for benefits under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 because VA met its standard of care in diagnosing and treating her breast cancer, finding no failure to timely diagnose or provide proper treatment.
The deciding factor: VA took timely, appropriate, and reasonable steps to examine, locate, diagnose, and treat the Veteran's right breast as soon as there was medical evidence of abnormalities.
- Claimed conditions
- Breast Cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2020
- Citation
- 20074115
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
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