The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for a left eye disorder and granted it on the merits. The Board also granted service connection for a left hand/wrist disability, finding that the evidence is at least as likely as not related to in-service shell fragment wounds.
The deciding factor: The additional evidence submitted by the appellant established an in-service shell fragment wound of the left eye, leading to a current corneal scar. The Board also found that retained metallic foreign bodies from the in-service injuries resulted in current wrist/hand disability.
- Claimed conditions
- left eye corneal scar, left hand/wrist disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 13, 2004
- Citation
- 0401084
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 10 percent disability rating for the service-connected left eye corneal scar and remanded the claim for service connection for sleep apnea.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a left eye disability, including corneal scar, macular pucker, dry eye syndrome, and cataracts. The evidence does not support the claim that these conditions are related to the Veteran's active-duty service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a left eye disability, to include refractive amblyopia from congenital astigmatism, left eye nuclear cataracts, and left eye corneal scar, for further development of evidence regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's left eye corneal scar.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a left eye corneal scar, finding that it arose during active duty and is not related to the Veteran's refractive errors.
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