The Board has granted service connection for cortical blindness as a result of a cerebrovascular accident and hypertension, effective from December 31, 2005.
The deciding factor: The earliest medical evidence linking the veteran's blindness to his service-connected conditions was dated on December 31, 1996.
- Claimed conditions
- Cortical blindness, Bilateral optic neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 22, 2005
- Citation
- 0516991
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for auditory neuropathy, bilateral optic neuropathy, vestibular disorder including BPPV and Meniere's disease, and inner back neuropathy due to the lack of diagnosed conditions during the appeal period.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's currently diagnosed eye conditions are not related to his military service or his service-connected diabetes. The low back disability, metatarsalgia, hearing loss, and tinnitus have also been denied.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection due to cortical blindness, hypertension, and stroke. The earliest date entitlement arose was May 26, 1998.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
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