The Veteran's additional disability, including blindness and other ocular conditions, is not deemed to be the result of carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment, or similar instance of fault on the part of VA medical personnel. The Board finds that compensation benefits pursuant to 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 are not warranted.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a finding of carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment, or similar instance of fault on the part of VA medical personnel.
- Claimed conditions
- blindness, vitreous leakage with retinal detachment, neovascular glaucoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 17, 2012
- Citation
- 1224709
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