The Board found that the veteran's bilateral vision loss is not due to an in-service injury and therefore denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: Medical opinions have been provided which do not support a finding of service connection, as they have considered all available evidence including the veteran's statements about hospitalization after the alleged injury.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral vision loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 7, 2003
- Citation
- 0304084
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Decisions by this judge: 1,987 · Granted: 15% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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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).
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for TMJ, finding that there is no current diagnosis of TMJ and insufficient evidence to establish a link between the condition and his active duty service.,The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for bilateral vision loss and hypertension, as these conditions are claimed to be secondary to the Veteran's service-connected Parkinson's disease. Further medical examination and opinion is needed to determine if these conditions are related to the service-connected disability.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for right shoulder disability, left shoulder disability, bilateral vision loss, and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) as there was no current disability or evidence of a relationship to service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for bilateral vision loss and frostbite residuals of the feet, finding that these conditions are related to in-service events. The Veteran's testimony and medical records support his claims.
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