The Veteran's bilateral radical mastectomy involved the excision of the pectoral fascia en mass bilaterally, resulting in a 80 percent disability rating for residuals of left breast cancer. The injuries to Muscle Group XIX with muscle loss and weakness, abdominal bulge, ischemic small bowel obstruction with peritonitis, hemoperitoneum, and abdominal pain, as well as the ruptured uterus with hematoma are all secondary to her service-connected left breast cancer.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's bilateral radical mastectomy involved the excision of the pectoral fascia en mass bilaterally, which is equivalent to a radical mastectomy. The injuries and conditions listed were found to be secondary to her service-connected left breast cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Breast Cancer, Bilateral Radical Mastectomy, Abdominal Tram Flap Breast Reconstruction
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 19, 2016
- Citation
- 1632935
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