The Board found that the ischemic optic neuropathy of the right eye was not caused by VA carelessness, negligence, or fault in prescribing medication at the Ann Arbor VAMC in early 2001.
The deciding factor: The veteran's ischemic optic neuropathy is not shown to be proximately caused by VA carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment, or similar instance of VA fault in prescribing medication at the Ann Arbor VAMC in early 2001.
- Claimed conditions
- ischemic optic neuropathy of the right eye
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 5, 2006
- Citation
- 0616375
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