The Veteran's left eye disability, including Cystoid Macular Edema and Scleritis, is deemed to be a result of the VA cataract surgery performed on February 28, 2012. The Board finds that this additional disability was not reasonably foreseeable and grants compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151.
The deciding factor: The event (ruptured posterior capsule) was not reasonably foreseeable as a known complication of the left eye cataract surgery, leading to an additional disability resulting in CME and Scleritis.
- Claimed conditions
- Cystoid Macular Edema (CME), Scleritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 30, 2021
- Citation
- 21071558
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