The Board denied the Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) due to receiving a flu vaccination at a VAMC in October 2015, finding that VA did not cause the GBS through negligence or fault.
The deciding factor: The Board found no evidence of carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment, or similar instance of fault on VA's part in furnishing the Veteran's care.
- Claimed conditions
- Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 15, 2024
- Citation
- 24033059
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Decisions by this judge: 3,319 · Granted: 25% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for Guillain-Barre syndrome, obstructive sleep apnea, and posttraumatic stress disorder.
- Denied
The Board denied compensation for the additional disability of Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) as it was not unforeseeable and the risk of GBS after a flu vaccine is well documented in clinical literature.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew his appeal regarding the claim for service connection for Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS).
- Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran's GBS is not currently active and does not warrant a rating in excess of 30 percent.
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