The Board found that the veteran's bilateral blindness is not a result of any established event, injury, or disease during active service. The evidence does not support a finding of direct service connection.
The deciding factor: Service records do not show any documented incident or condition related to the veteran's current bilateral blindness during his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral blindness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 7, 2008
- Citation
- 0804420
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Search VA.gov for the original decision (opens in a new tab) using citation 0804420.
What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
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: Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal, and the Board has dismissed it.
- Whole decision: 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.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral blindness, resolving all reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
- Whole decision: 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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