The Board denied compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for right femoral osteomyelitis, a right hip disability, a right knee disability, and a lumbar spine disability as the Veteran's additional disabilities were not due to carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment, or some other instance of fault on the part of VA, or because of an event that was not reasonably foreseeable.
The deciding factor: The delay in care ultimately led to osteomyelitis, and there is no evidence of actual causation by VA's failure to timely diagnose and properly treat the disease or injury proximately causing the Veteran's additional disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- right femoral osteomyelitis, right hip disability (arthritis), right knee disability (arthritis), lumbar spine disability (degenerative disc disease)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2025
- Citation
- 25014499
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 896 · Granted: 51% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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