The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for an eye disability was denied because the new evidence submitted did not relate to the issue of whether VA care or treatment caused his current eye disabilities.
The deciding factor: The new evidence did not address whether the Veteran’s current eye conditions were caused by VA care or treatment, and if so, whether they were proximately caused by fault on the part of VA.
- Claimed conditions
- right eye age-related macular degeneration, dry, left eye wet age-related macular degeneration, retinal detachment
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2020
- Citation
- A20016557
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- Granted
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