The Board has granted earlier effective dates of December 7, 2016 for the service connection of left eye legal blindness and herpes virus.
The deciding factor: An intent to file a claim was submitted on behalf of the Veteran by his authorized representative on December 7, 2016. The completed application form was received within one year of this submission.
- Claimed conditions
- left eye legal blindness, herpes virus
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19113362
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,828 · Granted: 32% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Read the original VA decision (opens in a new tab) using citation 19113362.
What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral eye photophobia, bilateral eye blepharitis, bilateral eye conjunctivitis, and left eye legal blindness based on the evidence being approximately evenly balanced as to whether these conditions are related to the Veteran's active duty service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for herpes virus, Bell's palsy, and vertigo for further development and medical opinion.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for an eye disability other than bilateral dry eye syndrome and chronic bilateral conjunctival injection, including conjunctivitis, photophobia, blepharitis, and left eye legal blindness, to include as secondary to service-connected disabilities, for further development.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for the herpes virus, giving the benefit of the doubt to the Veteran.
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