Denied
The Board denied compensation for additional disability resulting from VA surgery for panniculectomy on March 12, 2013. The evidence did not support a qualifying additional disability.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's postoperative seroma and rectus muscle weakness were not reasonably foreseeable complications of the surgery.
- Claimed conditions
- rectus muscle damage, seroma/hematoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2025
- Citation
- 25001282
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