The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to a February 2004 dental procedure is denied.,The claims of service connection for right leg and right foot disorders, both secondary to back conditions, are dismissed as moot due to the grant of service connection in a previous rating decision.
The deciding factor: There is no additional disability from the oral surgery performed on February 2004. The VA examiner found that there was no evidence of an additional disability caused by VA carelessness or negligence.,The Veteran's right leg and right foot disorders are secondary to his back condition, which has already been service-connected.
- Claimed conditions
- Right leg disorder, Right foot disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 10, 2021
- Citation
- 21007848
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a right foot disorder and a left foot disorder, finding that these conditions are etiologically related to the Veteran's military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and need for further examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that there has not been substantial compliance with the previous remand directives regarding the issue of entitlement to service connection for a right leg condition. Therefore, another remand is required.
- Denied
The Board has denied service connection for various conditions including an acquired psychiatric disorder, visual impairment, bilateral hearing loss, erectile dysfunction, a right elbow disorder, a right foot disorder, and a right lower extremity nerve disability due to the lack of evidence showing these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by service.
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