The Veteran's claim for service connection of right eye cataract status post lens replacement was reopened due to new and material evidence. The claim is granted, but the rating in excess of 30 percent for PTSD remains denied.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence has been submitted that relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate a claim for service connection (right eye cataract status post lens replacement). However, the current medical opinion does not establish a nexus between the Veteran's current diagnoses and his in-service right eye injury.
- Claimed conditions
- Right eye cataract status post lens replacement
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- January 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19103729
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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