The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a right eye disability on both direct and secondary bases, finding that there is no evidence to support these claims.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not establish a link between the veteran's current right eye disability and his military service or any service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Eye Glaucoma, Macular Degeneration
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 20, 2005
- Citation
- 0519659
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 because there was no evidence that the right eye disability resulted from carelessness, negligence, or similar fault on the part of VA personnel.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the claim of service connection for an eye disorder, as secondary to service-connected hypertension and/or diabetes mellitus type II (DMII), due to a duty-to-assist error in obtaining an adequate medical opinion prior to the November 2023 rating decision.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for special monthly compensation based on the need for regular aid and attendance of another person was denied in an August 2021 rating decision. The Board found that legal entitlement to this benefit did not exist prior to February 11, 2019.
- Granted
The Veteran is granted a 10 percent rating for macular degeneration of both eyes, effective from the date of the decision.
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