The Board has granted a 30 percent disability evaluation for bilateral vision loss, effective from August 6, 2002. The veteran's claim was not about service connection but rather an increase in his existing condition.
The deciding factor: An increased disability was initially ascertainable on August 6, 2002, when the veteran could only count fingers at four feet with his left eye due to an infection.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Vision Loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 23, 2007
- Citation
- 0736840
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
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).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD is granted. The Board finds that the Veteran has a diagnosis of PTSD related to his in-service stressors and grants this claim. Other claims are remanded due to insufficient evidence.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's PTSD, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus are granted service connection. The Veteran's bilateral vision loss is denied as not incurred in or related to his active service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for TBI and denied service connection for dental trauma (missing teeth) for compensation purposes. The decision also remanded the issues of service connection for bilateral hearing loss and bilateral vision loss, to include as secondary to service-connected TBI.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's TBI and related conditions are granted with a 10% rating effective July 24, 2008. The Veteran is denied increased ratings for paresthesia of the left face and bilateral vision loss.
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