The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the Veteran's claim for service connection for a left eye disability, including congenital cataract. However, the preponderance of the evidence does not support the establishment of service connection as secondary to his service-connected right eye disability.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not establish that the Veteran’s current left eye disabilities are directly related to his service or to his service-connected right eye disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Congenital cataract of the left eye, Glaucoma, Pseudophakia (implantation of an artificial lens), Dry eye syndrome
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 9, 2015
- Citation
- 1505844
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- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected glaucoma has rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment on an extra-schedular basis, effective September 1, 2020.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claim of entitlement to compensation benefits under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for glaucoma due to inadequate development and reasoning in the previous decision.
- Granted
The Veteran's post-operative cataracts with pseudophakia and vitreous degeneration are rated at 50 percent, effective from the date of the August 2024 rating decision. The separate rating for dry eye syndrome is also granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding whether the Veteran's current eye disabilities are related to service or preexisted with no superimposed injury during service. The VA must obtain a supplemental opinion from an appropriately qualified examiner.
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