The Veteran's decreased vision and vertebral-basilar insufficiency, transient attack, claimed as a stroke, were not shown to be causally or etiologically related to active military service.,Service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus was denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish that the Veteran's decreased vision or vertebral-basilar insufficiency, transient attack, claimed as a stroke, were caused by his military service. The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus have been assigned maximum disability ratings under applicable rating criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- Decreased Vision, Vertebral-basilar insufficiency, transient attack, claimed as a stroke
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 26, 2009
- Citation
- 0931979
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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: Partly granted
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and decreased vision, but has remanded his claim for secondary service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder including PTSD and depression.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied an increased rating for the veteran's service-connected residuals of a corneal scar with decreased vision in the left eye, currently rated at 10 percent.
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