Denied
The Board denied the claims for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 and service connection for major depressive disorder, as the additional disability was not caused by carelessness, negligence, lack of skill, or an unforeseeable event.
The deciding factor: The September 2024 medical opinion concluded that the Veteran's additional disabilities were reasonably foreseeable complications of the March 2010 Achilles tendon surgery and thus did not meet the criteria for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 or service connection for MDD.
- Claimed conditions
- numbness and loss of use of the left hand and fingers, numbness in the left arm, major depressive disorder (MDD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2025
- Citation
- 25012968
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