The Board denied service connection for angioedema as due to VA treatment from January 2017 to May 2017, but granted service connection for angioedema and urticaria as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that the additional disability of angioedema was caused by carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment, or similar instance of fault on the part of VA facility care or medical treatment, nor was it an event not reasonably foreseeable. However, the Veteran's angioedema and urticaria were found to be proximately due to her service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- angioedema, urticaria, constipation
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2024
- Citation
- 24033153
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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