Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for right ear hearing loss resulting from surgery performed at a VA Medical Center in August 2009, as it was not proximately caused by carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment, or similar instance of fault on the part of VA.
The deciding factor: The additional right ear hearing loss was determined to be pre-existing and not proximately caused by the surgery, which was performed with informed consent and without fault on the part of VA.
- Claimed conditions
- right ear hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2025
- Citation
- 25012392
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