The Veteran's multiple abscesses, including hepatic, right psoas muscle, subdiaphragmatic, chest wall, abdominal wallet, as well as chronic infections, fistula formations and a lung mass requiring partial lobectomy were the result of his November 2007 gallbladder surgery. The proximate cause was an event not reasonably foreseeable.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's complications were due to the spillage of bilious fluid and gallstones during the November 2007 surgery, which resulted in abscesses that were not reasonably foreseeable.
- Claimed conditions
- multiple abscesses (intra-abdominal, retro-peritoneal, and lung), hepatic, right psoas muscle, subdiaphragmatic, chest wall, abdominal wallet, chronic infections, fistula formations, lung mass requiring partial lobectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 5, 2017
- Citation
- 1744573
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