**9. Miscellaneous**

The remaining 45 cases were a broad selection of the many different causes there may be for acquiring VTE, as well as a few that had a prophylaxis or a treatment of VTE that wasn't up to the standard of the experienced specialist (Table 7).


Table 7. Rare or miscelleanous patients.

The cases of cerebral sinus thrombosis were all caused by birth control medication. Three of the cases of venous puncture were caused by blood donation; such claims are nearly always approved by the DPIA. Two of the 45 patients died.

There were 83 claims that went on to the appeal board, and of these 15 had the decision of the DPIA altered. The changes of decisions nearly all concerned the size of the compensation. One claim went on to the high court. It concerned a male of 33 years, who had a percutaneous endoscopic ligature of the spermatic veins for a *hydrocele testis*. Afterwards he suffered a hemorrhage in the scrotal sac and a venous thrombosis in the leg. The compensation in the DPIA was € 95.165, and this decision was upheld both before the appeal board and in the high court.
