The Board denied the veteran's claim of service connection for enucleation of the right eye, finding no evidence linking it to his active duty service. The issue of a rating in excess of 50 percent for undifferentiated type schizophrenia prior to August 20, 2005 remains pending.
The deciding factor: The March 1986 RO decision found no evidence of chronic eye disability in the service medical records and no competent post-service evidence linking the current right eye disability to active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- enucleation of the right eye
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- December 7, 2006
- Citation
- 0638113
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, enucleation of the right eye, and residuals of malaria, have rendered him unemployable since November 20, 2015. The Board has granted entitlement to TDIU based on these conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for enucleation of the right eye, choiroidal melanoma, prostate cancer, bleeding ulcers, hypertension and a heart condition, a sinus condition, and spine arthritis as they were not incurred or aggravated during his active military service.
- Granted
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.
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