I have attached a decision about a widow’s quest to have her husband’s death attributed to a service connected disease or to negligence on the VA’s part. Sadly, she will fail on both counts. It is included here for spouses to ascertain how and why the VA decides these cases the way they do. They are bound by medical opinions and coroner’s reports.
As for finding a doctor’s actions below par for Standards of Care, remember that is a tall wall to climb and is often protected by the “white wall” of doctors sticking up for one another. No one in the medical crowd wants to be tarred and feathered by his/her colleagues for being a tattletale. That’s why we have malpractice insurance for doctors. However, that is unnecessary for individual doctors at the VA since they are protected by the U. S. Govt.’s insurance (your tax dollars). As a last note, you can sue the VA for malpractice under the Federal Torts law. It is heard in Federal Courts by a single judge and the judgments are far less than what you might get from a jury of your peers.
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