The Board has determined that the Veteran's chronic dry eyes disability is service-connected, as it had its onset during his military service and continues to this day.
The deciding factor: Medical evidence shows a history of dry eyes in service and ongoing treatment for the condition post-service.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic dry eyes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 2, 2009
- Citation
- 0945789
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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: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an adequate medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's chronic dry eyes were aggravated by his service-connected migraine disability.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for cervical radiculitis, degenerative disc disease with broad-based bulging disc at L4-5 with spinal stenosis, and medial epicondylitis of the left and right sides. The claim seeking entitlement to service connection for migraine headaches was dismissed. The claims for chronic dry eyes, plantar fasciitis, and fibromyalgia were remanded.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for nightmare disorder and dismissed the appeal for chronic dry eyes due to a full grant of benefits.
- Whole decision: Granted
The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date and a higher rating for chronic dry eyes, secondary to Bell's palsy, was granted.
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