The Board has granted service connection for chronic acquired right eye toxoplasmosis residuals including chorioretinitis and chronic acquired left eye toxoplasmosis residuals including chorioretinitis, finding that these conditions were incurred during active service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service treatment records document a history of chronic chorioretinitis dating back to his enlistment in 1958. The Board found the presumption of soundness not rebutted and concluded that the Veteran's toxoplasmosis was incurred in service.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic acquired right eye disorder, chronic acquired left eye disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- July 28, 2011
- Citation
- 1128144
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a chronic acquired left eye disorder, as there was no evidence of such a condition during active service or many years thereafter and it was not etiologically related to his service-connected cheek shell fragment wound residuals.
- Granted
The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection of a chronic acquired right eye disorder due to new evidence submitted since the last denial. However, the claim remains denied as there is no link between the current condition and service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to procedural deficiencies, including failure to provide proper VCAA notice.
- Partly granted
The veteran's claim for service connection of a chronic acquired left eye disorder was denied, but he is granted an increased evaluation for his right eye corneal abrasion.
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