The Veteran's right eye damage or additional disability is denied as there is no evidence of fault on the part of VA in providing cataract removal surgery, and the medical opinion indicates that any new or additional disability is not related to the June 2009 procedure.
The deciding factor: There was no indication of negligence in the June 2009 cataract surgery, and the Veteran's right eye damage or additional disability is not related to the procedure.
- Claimed conditions
- right eye damage, additional disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 13, 2021
- Citation
- 21063063
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