The Board has determined that the Veteran's current left eye disability is not related to service and therefore denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran's blindness in the left eye was caused by a retinal vein occlusion in the 2000s, which is unrelated to any incident during service.
- Claimed conditions
- blind left eye, ocular ischemia syndrome, nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy, primary open-angle glaucoma, neovascular glaucoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 19, 2012
- Citation
- 1214390
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- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for dry eye syndrome as proximately due to his service-connected tinnitus. The claims for cataracts, primary open-angle glaucoma, pinguecula, and corneal arcus are denied. The urticaria claim is remanded for further development.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for his eye disability, finding that there is not a causal relationship between his current conditions and his in-service head injury or any other event during service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence and the need for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and SSA disability benefits file.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to a lack of evidence showing that VA care caused his blindness in his left eye.
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