The Veteran's claim for service connection for an eye condition, to include as secondary to service-connected diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2), was denied. The claim for PTSD was granted with a 30% disability rating effective March 10, 2010. An earlier effective date of March 10, 2010, for the award of service connection for PTSD is not warranted.
The deciding factor: There was no pending, unadjudicated claim or petition to reopen the claim for service connection for PTSD or a psychiatric disability prior to March 10, 2010.
- Claimed conditions
- Eye condition, Nephropathy
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 9, 2018
- Citation
- 1814617
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Granted
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II, hypertension, and prostate cancer as due to exposure to herbicides. It also granted service connection for erectile dysfunction, nephropathy, bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, bilateral upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, and diabetic retinopathy as secondary to the already service-connected conditions of diabetes mellitus or prostate cancer.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of service connection for a heart, eye, and neck condition to the AOJ for further development.
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