Retinal Detachment And Glaucoma ?

[LeroyJohnson]

already SC for retinal detachment now have glaucoma due to so many Lazar surgeries would it be pyramiding to file for glaucoma?

thanks

Leroy

[Berta]

Right-they pay only one check- that would include any 1151 rating.

[LeroyJohnson]

OK I guess I should explain better the eye situation .I developed a cataract had nothing to do with the service, I went to the VA back in the nineties to have it removed as I had no other insurance. The VA removed the cataract placed the wrong lens in using according to their own records undue force to put the lens in. That force caused the retina to become detached/ they (VA) then preformed several lazar surgeries or if you prefer the word proceeder's to my eye to make it conform to the wrong lens the end result was my eye sight went from 20/30 right after the surgery to light perception only.That was what I filed the 1151 for a botched surgery. Now about 3 years ago the VA told me I had glaucoma in my bad eye and did give me drops. I asked what caused the glaucoma and was told that more than likely it was caused from the multiple lazar surgeries I had to the eye as the type of glaucoma I have can be caused from trauma to the eye. I am in end stage glaucoma now which means that I have now gone from light perception only to completely bind in that eye .They (VA) want to preform another outpatient surgery on my eye to re-route the duct to allow the liquid to flow out which is what is causing the pressure as the eye drop are not working for me. AS far as the tunnel vision in my good eye is concerned they do not know what is causing it nor are they doing anything about it. It took 6 years to win my 1151 case. You must prove that whatever they did you or did not do for you caused you MORE disability. be very careful how you word your case. I was denied several times based on the fact according to them that since I was blind in my eye due to a cataract blocking my vision(it was a very thick cataract)that they caused my NO harm as the end result was I had nothing but light perception because of the cataract and I had nothing but light perception after about 6 months post surgery they felt that they had not caused my additional injury.I had to prove that a cataract was correctable surgery and that what I have now was not correctable and believe it or not it took six years to get that fact thru to them and win my case.

[carlie]

disabled veteran

Anytime someone has a COMPLETE RETINA DETACHMENT it will

result in blindness, no laser or anything else will cure this.

carlie

[john999]

If you were in Vietnam and have DMII your cataracts should be service connected. It is almost a given. I have cataracts in my right eye and it is getting to the point I may have to have something done. This is just general information to Vietnam vets. The VA will never tell you this.

[LeroyJohnson]

I was in Vietnam and I do have diabetes type 2 Carlie I don't know if the retinal detachment was complete or not only know what the records say and that is the surgery resulted in a retinal detachment. I also have a cataract in my good eye just not very big yet. As you can see my eyes are a mess at this point in time.

[LeroyJohnson]

If they had re-attached the retina I might not have gone blind but they never tried to re-attach it. It is possible to re-attach a retina but it must be done quickly after it happens or as Carlie said you will go blind from it.