The Board has determined that the Veteran's glaucoma in each eye, including loss of light perception in the left eye, is permanently aggravated by his service-connected generalized anxiety disorder with panic attacks and agoraphobia. As a result, the claim for service connection for these conditions is granted.
The deciding factor: The extent of aggravation was found to be due to non-compliance with treatment rather than an increase in severity from service-connected causes alone.
- Claimed conditions
- blindness (including light perception), glaucoma
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 28, 2014
- Citation
- 1424056
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What this means for you
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