The Board has determined that the Veteran's left eye visual disorder is related to his active service and granted service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows a shell fragment wound to the left eye during service, but no chronic symptoms of a visual disorder were present in service. The current diagnosis of a left eye visual disorder is related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- left eye visual disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 5, 2012
- Citation
- 1223211
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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.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete development and requires an additional VA examiner's opinion regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's left eye visual disorder.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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- Denied
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