The Veteran's claims for service connection for MDD as secondary to numbness and loss of use of the left hand and fingers, and for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for numbness in the left arm were denied.,Service connection for numbness and loss of use of the left hand and fingers was not granted due to lack of additional disability caused by VA carelessness or negligence.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's conditions are considered as a result of his own willful misconduct, specifically during the March 2010 surgical procedure for an Achilles tendon repair. The proximate cause is deemed not attributable to any fault on the part of VA in providing care or treatment.
- Claimed conditions
- numbness and loss of use of left hand, numbness in left arm
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 12, 2023
- Citation
- 23038583
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