The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for bilateral blindness. The claim is granted as the disability is etiologically related to service.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence provided since the last denial supports a finding that the veteran's current bilateral blindness is related to his military service, specifically an episode of bilateral posterior ischemic optic neuropathy following eyelid surgery during service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral blindness
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 11, 2007
- Citation
- 0732052
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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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- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal, and the Board has dismissed it.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection for prostate cancer, bilateral blindness, left leg amputation, and right leg amputation were dismissed as untimely. The issues are moot due to a full grant of benefits in another appeal stream.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral blindness, resolving all reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
- Granted
The Veteran's bilateral blindness, left leg amputation, and right leg amputation are granted as service-connected. The claim for prostate cancer is remanded.
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