The VA determined that the veteran's right eye disability warranted a 10 percent evaluation, effective from June 2, 2001 to March 24, 2003, and again from February 6, 2004 forward.
The deciding factor: Medical testing did not show a visual loss that warranted an evaluation in excess of 10 percent disabling.
- Claimed conditions
- Detached retina of the right eye
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 4, 2005
- Citation
- 0509751
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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: Denied
The Board of Veterans' Appeals has determined that the Veteran's detached retina of the right eye is not caused by VA treatment, and therefore denied compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for retinitis pigmentosa, finding that the condition first manifested during service and is related to the Veteran's detached retina of the right eye. The initial compensable rating for the bilateral eye disabilities remains denied.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appellant's claim to reopen his arteriosclerosis with claudication claim as it was granted in a December 2011 rating decision. The right eye disability claim remains, but the Board finds that there is no longer any issue regarding service connection for this condition due to the grant of service connection for arteriosclerosis with claudication.
- Whole decision: Denied
The veteran's claims for service connection for a detached retina of the right eye, and for initial evaluations in excess of 20 percent for degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine prior to February 17, 2004, and an initial compensable evaluation for bilateral hearing loss were denied. The veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 40 percent for degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine effective February 17, 2004 was also denied.
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