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Charleese
Hi everyone,
On April 1, 2008 my son signed a VA Consent Form for Treatment/Procedure and under item #17 Comments of that form it states "Patient would like to have relative joining him on day of surgery informed of results of frozen section prior to full neck dissection who will aid in decision making." On April 3, 2008 day of surgery the doctor met with my husband and I as well as my son, and doctor stated to us that they would not perform anything but frozen section and that they would confer with me as to what procedure to perform next. Once frozen section was completed they went ahead and performed a full neck dissection without conferring with me. If they had conferred with me like they were suppose too, then they would of known that I would have opted for radiation therapy over a full neck dissection.
This procedure have left my son with permanent numbness on the right side of his neck. He has pain in his right shoulder, and has cut hisself shaving and didn't know he cut hisself until he saw the blood. He has no feelings on that side. Even though VA tells him the numbness will go away here it is 20 months since procedure and numbness hasn't gone away. They thought he had cancer and that's why they did procedure.
My question is do you think he should file a Section 1151 and SF 95, and if so do you think he needs to hire an attorney? Do anyone have a sample letter of Section 1151 that we can use as a guide? Please Post it. Do anyone have a sample of SF 95 that's already filled out, so that we can go by, please post it?
Also, what will he get out of filing both Section 1151 & SF 95.
Thanks in advance for your replies.
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