The Veteran's service connection for hypermetropia and seasonal allergies is granted. Service connection for lumbar strain, bilateral hip limitation of extension, and right ankle sprain are also granted with specific rating determinations.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on new evidence provided by the Veteran regarding her conditions during service.
- Claimed conditions
- hypermetropia, seasonal allergies
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- August 22, 2018
- Citation
- 18128009
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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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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The appeal of the claim for service connection for hypermetropia was dismissed due to an impermissible concurrent review selection. The Board granted readjudication of the previously disallowed PTSD claim based on new and relevant evidence.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for vertigo, migraine, and tinnitus but denied it for an eye disability, left knee arthritis, nerve damage post removal of wisdom tooth, right arm arthritis, and right knee arthritis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions due to the Veteran's participation in a toxic exposure risk activity during his service in Afghanistan, as required by the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022 (PACT Act).
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for hypermetropia and gastroenteritis, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review these issues.
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