Intraocular surgery or penetrating keratoplasty

Intraocular surgery

Intraocular surgery includes any surgery that involves penetration of the eyeball. The most common example would be intraocular lens implant (IOL) surgery which is the standard treatment for cataracts.  Pterygium surgery is not intraocular surgery as it is limited to the surface of the eye.  Intraocular surgery is a major procedure that would be documented in medical records.

Penetrating keratoplasty

The RMA states that penetrating keratoplasty ‘means a surgical procedure in which the entire thickness of the cornea is removed and replaced by donor tissue’. This is a transplant of a section of full-thickness cornea.  Corneal transplant is a major procedure that would be documented in the medical records.

Diagram of the eye

LAST REVIEWED FOR CCPS 18 JULY 2006.

PRELIMINARY QUESTIONS [26719]

26721 the veteran has undergone intraocular surgery or penetrating keratoplasty at some time.

26722 the veteran has undergone intraocular surgery or penetrating keratoplasty of side and site of the body at some time.

26723 the veteran underwent intraocular surgery or penetrating keratoplasty of side and site of the body before the clinical onset of the condition under consideration.

26724  the veteran has established the causal connection between undergoing intraocular surgery or penetrating keratoplasty and VEA service for the clinical onset of the condition under consideration.

26725   the veteran has established the causal connection between undergoing intraocular surgery or penetrating keratoplasty and operational service for the clinical onset of the condition under consideration.

or

26726   the veteran has established the causal connection between undergoing intraocular surgery or penetrating keratoplasty and eligible service for the clinical onset of the condition under consideration.

CLINICAL ONSET AND OPERATIONAL SERVICE [26725]

26727 on operational service, the veteran underwent intraocular surgery or penetrating keratoplasty of side and site of the body before the clinical onset of the condition under consideration.

26728 the intraocular surgery or penetrating keratoplasty of side and site of the body, which the veteran underwent on operational service before the clinical onset of the condition under consideration, was due to the veteran's serious default, wilful act or serious breach of discipline.

or

26729 the veteran underwent intraocular surgery or penetrating keratoplasty of side and site of the body before the clinical onset of the condition under consideration for an illness or injury which is identifiable.

26730  the identified illness or injury, for which the veteran underwent intraocular surgery or penetrating keratoplasty to side and site of the body, is causally related to operational service.

CLINICAL ONSET AND ELIGIBLE SERVICE [26726]

26729 the veteran underwent intraocular surgery or penetrating keratoplasty of side and site of the body before the clinical onset of the condition under consideration for an illness or injury which is identifiable.

26731  the identified illness or injury, for which the veteran underwent intraocular surgery or penetrating keratoplasty to side and site of the body, is causally related to eligible service.