The Board denied service connection for blindness in the right eye and an increased rating for bilateral glaucoma, finding that there was no evidence to support a secondary service connection claim or that the veteran's current visual acuity impairment warranted a higher rating.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found it unlikely that the veteran's service-connected glaucoma caused his blindness in the right eye and denied both claims based on lack of medical evidence supporting such a link.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral glaucoma, Blindness in the right eye
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 27, 2006
- Citation
- 0633306
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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).
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- Whole decision: Granted
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