The Veteran's bilateral lower extremity disability, including chronic pain and neurological symptoms, is determined to be an additional disability caused by carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, or error in judgment during his October 2016 VA treatment visit. Alternatively, the Veteran's lower extremity symptoms are found to be secondary to his lumbar spine disability.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that there was fault on the part of VA personnel during the October 2016 lumbar puncture procedure, resulting in additional disability manifested by chronic pain and neurological symptoms in the Veteran's lower extremities.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic pain, Neurological disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 25, 2021
- Citation
- 21065165
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