The Veteran's left eye blindness was not caused by care provided at a VA facility or by a VA employee, and the Board finds that it is less than likely as not that any additional disability of the left eye blindness was the result of such care.
The deciding factor: Retained lens fragments, retinal detachment, and loss of vision can occur in both complicated and uncomplicated cataract extraction procedures, but they were not reasonably foreseeable.
- Claimed conditions
- Left eye blindness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 6, 2009
- Citation
- 0912806
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for degenerative disc disease of the lower back and left eye blindness due to inadequate compliance with prior remand instructions.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's current conditions are related to his exposure to acoustic trauma during service. Service connection for left eye blindness was denied as it is not rated higher than 30 percent due to anatomical presence of the eye.
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