The Board granted compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for iatrogenic common bile duct injury with occlusion and right hepatic artery injury residuals to include portoenterostomy residuals and generalized weakness, finding that the additional disability was proximately caused by an event not reasonably foreseeable during a January 2023 laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the additional disability resulting from the January 2023 cholecystectomy was proximately caused by an event not reasonably foreseeable, as evidenced by difficulty skeletonizing and identifying the cystic duct and cystic artery during the procedure.
- Claimed conditions
- iatrogenic common bile duct injury with occlusion, right hepatic artery injury residuals to include portoenterostomy residuals and generalized weakness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25036246
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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