The Board has found the most recent VA medical opinion inadequate and has requested a new independent medical expert (IME) to provide an adequate opinion regarding whether the Veteran's right vestibular dysfunction was caused by or made worse by VA carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill during his July 8, 2011 hospital visit and antibiotic treatment from November 23, 2011 to December 1, 2011.
The deciding factor: The Board found the most recent opinion inadequate due to its failure to discuss other medical evidence linking the Veteran's right vestibular dysfunction to his IV treatment and/or antibiotics used during his hospitalization.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Vestibular Dysfunction, Hearing Loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2021
- Citation
- 21068638
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What this means for you
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