The Board has reopened the claims for enucleation of the right eye and post-traumatic encephalopathy, secondary to service-connected residuals of a right leg gunshot wound. Service connection is granted for both conditions.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports that the veteran's service-connected right leg gunshot wound resulted in his right eye enucleation and post-traumatic encephalopathy.
- Claimed conditions
- enucleation of the right eye, post-traumatic encephalopathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 10, 2006
- Citation
- 0624326
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.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the veteran's claims due to incomplete documentation and the need for additional examinations. The claims will be reviewed again after all requested documents are associated with the file.
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