The Board found that there is no current evidence of an eye disability related to the veteran's service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examination did not reveal any organic cause for the veteran's reported visual field defect, and the veteran's subjective complaints were not supported by objective medical findings.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral eye injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 16, 2005
- Citation
- 0516481
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- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for TDIU prior to August 21, 2015 is dismissed as the AOJ granted entitlement to TDIU based on psychiatric disability alone with an effective date of August 21, 2015. The issues of service connection for headaches and initial evaluation for bilateral eye injury are remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, bilateral eye injury, and dental condition due to lack of new and material evidence.,Service connection was also denied for congestive heart failure, hypertension, kidney condition, and acquired psychiatric disorder (MDD and PTSD) as the Veteran's conditions were not related to his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that a remand is necessary to obtain updated medical evidence and schedule the appellant for an examination of his bilateral eye disability.
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