The Board finds that the appellant's left eye disabilities, including left iris atrophy, surgical pupil ectopia, pupil enlargement, and left upper eyelid ptosis, were caused by VA treatment in March and April 2010. The proximate cause of these additional disabilities was an event not reasonably foreseeable.
The deciding factor: The October 2017 VA examiner's opinion stated that the appellant developed left eye disabilities due to an event not reasonably foreseeable, specifically the intraoperative pressure increase during the initial DSEK procedure on April 10, 2010.
- Claimed conditions
- left iris atrophy, surgical pupil ectopia, pupil enlargement, left upper eyelid ptosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 15, 2018
- Citation
- 1816504
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