The Board denied the veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for bilateral vision loss secondary to surgery, as there was no competent medical evidence showing that the surgeries caused additional visual impairment or were faulty.
The deciding factor: No competent medical evidence showed actual causation of the additional visual impairment by the surgeries, nor fault on VA's part, or an event not reasonably foreseeable.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral vision loss
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 20, 2008
- Citation
- 0816576
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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