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47 vetted Board decisions in 2002
The Board of Veterans' Appeals found that the veteran's current left eye blindness is due to his pre-existing glaucoma, which was aggravated by noncompliance with prescribed medication. The surgery did not cause additional disability or blindness.
The Board denied compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for diabetes mellitus, glaucoma, and a cardiac disability manifested by a pacemaker, claiming these conditions were not related to the VA surgery in March 1993.
The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of glaucoma of the right eye was denied as there is no legal basis to award a prior effective date.
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for glaucoma, finding that it was not incurred or aggravated by service and is not related to his service-connected rheumatoid arthritis with ankylosing spondylitis.
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The appellant claims that he developed endophthalmitis in his right eye due to improper or negligent VA treatment, which resulted in blindness. The case is remanded for further development of medical records and a VA examination.