The Veteran's claims for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for additional disabilities related to a right knee total arthroplasty, anxiety disorder, low back pain, and right leg pain have been granted due to the evidence not satisfactorily proving or disproving that these conditions were caused by VA negligence/lack of care in providing surgical treatment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms developed as a result of complications following the March 2007 surgery, which was not reasonably foreseeable and could be considered proximately caused by VA fault.
- Claimed conditions
- Right knee pain, Acquired anxiety disorder, Low back disorder manifested by pain, Disorder manifested by right leg pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 3, 2025
- Citation
- 25000096
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,017 · Granted: 36% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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