The Veteran's axillary/brachial DVT is found to be caused by VA surgery, while the lung disease and aggravation of service-connected conditions are not considered proximately caused by VA fault.
The deciding factor: The retained foreign object from the June 2009 operation was determined to have caused the axillary/brachial DVT. However, there is no evidence supporting that the lung disease or the aggravation of service-connected conditions were caused by VA fault.
- Claimed conditions
- axillary/brachial DVT, lung disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- June 2, 2017
- Citation
- 1719598
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