The Veteran's postoperative complications, including pelvic hematoma, open wound, diarrhea, impotence, incontinence, and pain and numbness in the thighs, were not due to carelessness or error in judgment by VA. However, some of these complications are reasonably foreseeable risks of the surgery.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions concluded that the postoperative complications were not caused by VA's negligence but were known risks of the surgical procedure performed in November 2001.
- Claimed conditions
- pelvic hematoma, open wound, diarrhea, impotence, incontinence, pain and numbness in the thighs
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- February 13, 2013
- Citation
- 1305265
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