The Board finds that the veteran's right eye disability, including persistent sub-retinal fluid and vision loss, is a result of VA medical treatment performed in September 1995. The evidence is in equipoise as to whether this was due to carelessness or fault on the part of VA.
The deciding factor: The Board concludes that the veteran's right eye disability is proximately caused by VA medical treatment but also finds it equally likely that this was not a reasonably foreseeable result and was due to carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment, or similar instance of fault on the part of VA.
- Claimed conditions
- Retinal detachment, Persistent sub-retinal fluid, Vision loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 15, 2004
- Citation
- 0425436
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