Before the interim rule, establishing entitlement to compensation for adverse results of medical or surgical treatment required that VA be at fault or that an accident occur.
The old rules protected the VA from claims they might have otherwise had to pay.
mnli hypothesis: The old rules protected the VA from claims they might have otherwise had to pay. premise: Before the interim rule, establishing entitlement to compensation for adverse results of medical or surgical treatment required that VA be at fault or that an accident occur.