The Board denied compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for a left eye disorder because the Veteran's additional disability was not caused by VA carelessness, negligence, or similar instance of fault.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that VA treatment resulted in an additional disability and there was no evidence of actual causation or proximate cause (negligence and reasonable foreseeability).
- Claimed conditions
- left eye retinal detachment, reduced visual acuity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 20, 2019
- Citation
- 19148465
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding whether the Veteran's left eye disability is related to his service-connected diabetes mellitus type II (DMII).
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for a left eye disability due to service-connected seizures, as there is conflicting medical opinion regarding whether the retinal detachment was caused or aggravated by his epilepsy.
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