The Board has reopened the claim and found new evidence that suggests the right eye disability may not be related to service. However, the current evidence does not support a finding of service connection for residuals of a right eye injury.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the Veteran's right eye disability is not related to his in-service injury due to lack of scarring or damage secondary to trauma.
- Claimed conditions
- color blindness, myopic astigmatism
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 4, 2018
- Citation
- 18107299
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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.
- Dismissed
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- Dismissed
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- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to a lack of TERA examination for service connection claim related to color blindness. The Veteran is required to provide additional details about potential toxic exposures in service and needs to undergo a TERA examination.
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