The Board denied the Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for disabilities and residuals of a ruptured stent in his left leg, finding no evidence that VA carelessness or negligence caused additional disability.
The deciding factor: The October 2020 VA medical opinion concluded there was no evidence the Veteran's additional disability resulted from an event not reasonably foreseeable by a reasonable healthcare provider, and the Board found this opinion to be more probative than the Veteran's lay assertions.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip, loss of use, residuals of a ruptured stent, scars
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 30, 2025
- Citation
- A25039931
What this means for you
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