The Board denied compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for left ilioinguinal neuropathy and left sural sensory polyneuropathy, finding that the additional disability was not proximately caused by VA's carelessness or negligence.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the additional disabilities were not proximately caused by either (a) carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment, or similar instance of fault on the part of the Department in furnishing the surgical treatment, or (b) an event not reasonably foreseeable.
- Claimed conditions
- left ilioinguinal neuropathy, left sural sensory polyneuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 12, 2022
- Citation
- 22039664
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