The veteran's claim for additional disability of the left leg due to 1982 VA surgeries is denied as there is no evidence of fault on the part of VA.,The veteran's claim for additional disability of the right eye due to 1997 VA cataract surgery is denied as there is no evidence of fault on the part of VA.
The deciding factor: Both claims lack sufficient evidence showing that the additional disabilities were caused by negligence, carelessness, or other fault on the part of VA.
- Claimed conditions
- left leg shortening, right eye vision impairment
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 19, 2000
- Citation
- 0027697
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to a failure to obtain private treatment records, and will address these issues once VA receives the Veteran's completed forms.
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