Glaucoma decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for bilateral glaucoma, finding that the Veteran's condition is related to his military service. The issue of entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, was remanded for further development.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for glaucoma and prostate cancer due to duty to assist errors, including inadequate medical nexus opinions and missing private treatment records.

The Board denied service connection for glaucoma and upheld the reduction in the disability rating for hypertension from 10 percent to noncompensable, effective October 17, 2024.

The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection for left eye glaucoma and denied increased ratings for an acquired psychiatric disorder, left knee surgical scars. The claims for increased ratings for left knee degenerative arthritis and status post reconstructive surgery, as well as for bilateral hearing loss, were remanded.

The Veteran's left ear hearing loss is granted, while the other claims are remanded for further development.

The Board remands the matter for another VA medical opinion to address whether the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus type II caused or aggravated his bilateral open angle glaucoma, and whether his bilateral open angle glaucoma would be less severe but for his diabetes.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and an effective date of May 20, 2021, but no earlier, for the grant of a 10 percent rating for open angle glaucoma with bilateral dry eye syndrome with uveitis.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for glaucoma, COPD, and basal cell carcinoma of the left eyelid to ensure adequate development and medical opinions are obtained.

The Board granted service connection for dementia, essential tremors, COPD, and peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities but denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss and service connection for glaucoma.

The Board granted an effective date of January 13, 2022, for the award of service connection for cataracts and glaucoma as secondary to hypertension.

The Veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for service connection for PTSD and bilateral glaucoma were granted, with the earliest effective date being July 25, 2018.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for enlarged prostate, chronic angle closure glaucoma, and sleep apnea to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board remands the claims for further development, including updated VA examinations to address the etiology and severity of the Veteran's conditions.

The Board granted service connection for right eye ischemic optic neuropathy, which is caused or aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected hypertension. The appeal was remanded to obtain additional medical opinions regarding other eye disorders and toxic exposure risk activity (TERA) examinations.

The Board denied service connection for all the claimed conditions as there was no evidence of a current diagnosis or etiological relationship to active duty service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a right wrist fracture disability, low back disability, and glaucoma as there was no evidence to support that these conditions were related to his active duty service.

The Board remands the matter for a new VA opinion to address in-service symptoms and whether any non-refractive eye condition or superimposed disease or injury is present.

The Board granted an increased rating of 30 percent for the retained metallic foreign body of the right eye from December 2, 2021, but denied service connection for glaucoma as secondary to the same condition.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for prostate cancer and an eye disorder to obtain adequate medical opinions on direct and secondary theories of entitlement.

The Board granted service connection for allergic rhinitis and right eye glaucoma as secondary to left eye glaucoma, but remanded the claim for a left ankle disability.