The VA did not find that the Veteran's blindness, right eye, was caused by negligence or fault on the part of VA in providing medical care.
The deciding factor: The VA found no evidence to support a finding of negligence or fault on VA's part in the provision of medical care resulting in the Veteran's additional disability.
- Claimed conditions
- blindness, right eye
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 1, 2009
- Citation
- 0920305
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