The Board found that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of a vision disorder and denied service connection for it. For his urinary disorder, the Board concluded that there is objective evidence of chronic disability manifested by urinary urgency and incontinence, which cannot be attributed to a known clinical diagnosis, and granted service connection.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the Veteran's urinary symptoms were consistent with an undiagnosed illness related to service in the Southwest Asia theater during the Persian Gulf War.
- Claimed conditions
- vision disorder, urinary disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 30, 2010
- Citation
- 1032643
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus and has remanded the remaining issues due to a duty-to-assist error.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for vision disorder, sleep disorder, fatigue, low back disorder, and bilateral hearing loss. The evidence did not support a finding of current disabilities or an in-service event that could be linked to these conditions.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's vision disorder is related to his service and grants service connection for this condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection on multiple conditions have been remanded due to the submission of new evidence after a prior denial. The Board finds that VA examinations and medical opinions are necessary to properly determine entitlement to service connection.
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