The Veteran's cholangitis is secondary to his service-connected status post cholecystectomy with right hepatic duct injury, and the Board has granted service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: Cholangitis was found to be a complication of the original injury incurred during service (cholecystectomy with right hepatic duct injury).
- Claimed conditions
- cholangitis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 9, 2022
- Citation
- 22062662
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