The Veterans Administration Medical Center in Iowa City has been sued by a former Marine who claims he underwent unnecessary open heart surgery, according to the Iowa City Press-Citizen. The 44-year-old plaintiff, who allegedly was told he only had eight months to live, was operated on in 1999. Physicians at the Mayo Clinic later informed him that the diagnosis he had received was incorrect and that he had not required open heart surgery. The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports that the man is seeking $12 million in damages.