The Board has dismissed the appellant's claim to reopen his arteriosclerosis with claudication claim as it was granted in a December 2011 rating decision. The right eye disability claim remains, but the Board finds that there is no longer any issue regarding service connection for this condition due to the grant of service connection for arteriosclerosis with claudication.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that it is less likely than not that the detached retina was caused by or a result of head trauma in service, and thus service connection cannot be established.
- Claimed conditions
- Arteriosclerosis with claudication, Detached retina of the right eye
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 14, 2012
- Citation
- 1209686
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
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Related decisions
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- Denied
The Board of Veterans' Appeals has determined that the Veteran's detached retina of the right eye is not caused by VA treatment, and therefore denied compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for retinitis pigmentosa, finding that the condition first manifested during service and is related to the Veteran's detached retina of the right eye. The initial compensable rating for the bilateral eye disabilities remains denied.
- Denied
The veteran's claims for service connection for a detached retina of the right eye, and for initial evaluations in excess of 20 percent for degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine prior to February 17, 2004, and an initial compensable evaluation for bilateral hearing loss were denied. The veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 40 percent for degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine effective February 17, 2004 was also denied.
- Denied
The VA determined that the veteran's right eye disability warranted a 10 percent evaluation, effective from June 2, 2001 to March 24, 2003, and again from February 6, 2004 forward.
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