The Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including a right eye disability and a psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, were granted with an effective date of March 8, 2007.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on the medical evidence showing that the disabilities are related to service or secondary to service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Eye Disability, Left Eye Disability, Neurological Disability - Right Upper Extremity, Neurological Disability - Left Upper Extremity, Neurological Disability - Right Lower Extremity, Neurological Disability - Left Lower Extremity, Prostate Disability, Psychiatric Disorder - Other Than PTSD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 6, 2013
- Citation
- 1328464
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings for a right eye disability and traumatic brain injury are being remanded due to the need to provide notice of the opportunity for a hearing.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for right eye, left eye, left knee, and back disabilities due to conflicting statements from the Veteran and inconsistencies in his medical records.
- Denied
The Board denied an extension of the temporary total evaluation based on convalescence following surgery for residuals of the Veteran's left eye injury, finding that there was no evidence of severe postoperative residuals or necessity for house confinement after September 30, 2010.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeal as all reductions and severances of service connection were found to be proper due to fraud committed by the Veteran and his spouse.
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