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Federal Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal Of Federal Medical Malpractice Case For Failure To Comply With FTCA Presentment Requirement

July 7, 2024

John Puetz, a 62-year-old Army veteran, underwent total knee replacement surgery at the VAMC on January 2, 2020. Following the procedure, Puetz retained Jeffrey N. Hanson, M.D., an independent orthopedic surgeon, to review his medical records. Hanson opined that the VAMC’s surgical team’s treatm[...]

Medical Malpractice Claim Against VA For Loss Of Voice Following Botox Injections Into Veteran’s Vocal Cords

June 1, 2018

A Vietnam veteran went to the McGuire VA Medical Center in 2015, when he was 63-years-old, complaining of phlegm in his throat. A VA doctor recommended that the man have Botox injections into his vocal cords, explaining that a possible complication may be a temporary change in the pitch of his voice[...]

VA Medical Malpractice Statistics

August 18, 2014

The Veterans Health Administration is one of the largest health care providers in the United States, providing care to more than 8.6 million of the 22 million veterans through 152 VA hospitals and 817 community-based outpatient clinics (as of March 30, 2012). The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs[...]

VA Health Care Official Statistics (2013)

May 16, 2014

The U.S. Congress established the U.S. Veterans Administration in 1930, authorizing the U.S. President to “consolidate and coordinate Government activities affecting war veterans.” Since 1930, the VA health care system has grown from 54 hospitals to 152 hospitals, 800 community based out[...]

U.S. Supreme Court To Decide Medical Malpractice Case

January 14, 2013

It is very infrequent that the United States Supreme Court (“Supreme Court”) agrees to decide a medical malpractice case, and even rarer that it agrees to decide a case where the person seeking review is not represented by an attorney. But that is exactly what the Supreme Court has agree[...]

Medical Malpractice Claims Against The VA

March 14, 2012

The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (“VA”) provides health care to more than 5 million veterans each year in over 1,000 facilities. As of November, 2010, the VA’s health care system had 153 VA medical centers, 773 community-based outpatient clinics, 135 nursing homes, 260 Vet Ce[...]

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