The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a chronic right eye disability due to trauma and for residuals of fracture of the left tibia. The decision also noted that refractive error is not a compensable condition.
The deciding factor: There was no competent medical evidence linking the current right eye disability or the left tibia disability to service.
- Claimed conditions
- compound myopic astigmatism, chronic right eye disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 6, 2000
- Citation
- 0031783
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has ordered a VA examination to address the etiology of the Veteran's current eye disorders, specifically glaucoma, nuclear sclerotic cataracts, congenital vitelliform macular dystrophy, central retinal artery occlusion, compound myopic astigmatism, and presbyopia. The examiner is requested to provide opinions regarding whether these conditions are merely a refractive error or congenital in nature, and the etiology of any acquired (compensable) eye disabilities found.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's eye disabilities, other than bilateral ocular hypertension and bilateral tilted optic discs, were not incurred or aggravated during service. The preponderance of evidence does not support a finding of service connection for these conditions.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran met the schedular criteria for a TDIU as of May 18, 2009, and his service-connected disabilities precluded him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's compound myopic astigmatism, a congenital refractive error, is not considered a compensable disability. The claim for service connection for an eye disability (compound myopic astigmatism) is denied.
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