The Veteran's additional left eye disability, including decompensation and blindness, is denied as it was not caused by VA carelessness or negligence.
The deciding factor: VA determined that the additional disability was not proximately caused by VA fault or an unforeseen event.
- Claimed conditions
- left eye decompensation, blindness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19193513
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