The Board has granted service connection for scoliosis with degenerative disc disease of the spine and remanded the issue of entitlement to an initial compensable rating for right eye refractive error.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on a finding that the Veteran's current scoliosis with degenerative disc disease of the spine had onset in service, resolving any doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- scoliosis with degenerative disc disease of the spine, right eye refractive error
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2018
- Citation
- 18157271
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Related decisions
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- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for right and left eye refractive errors. It granted an earlier effective date of September 21, 2017, for a 10 percent increased disability rating for the left wrist but denied further increases. The Board also granted a 70 percent increased disability rating for PTSD from January 22, 2017, to January 22, 2018, but denied further increases. Additionally, it granted a 20 percent disability rating for left lower extremity radiculopathy from July 23, 2024.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that the Veteran's claims for service connection for right eye cataract and refractive error should be remanded due to outstanding private treatment records.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the Veteran's claims for service connection for left eye refractive error and right eye refractive error. The Board granted service connection for memory loss, which is caused by service-connected obstructive sleep apnea.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for increased ratings and service connection has been remanded due to insufficient evidence. The right eye corneal scar remains noncompensable, while the right eye refractive error claim was reopened but no new rating is assigned yet.
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