The Veteran's motion to vacate the denial of service connection for benign essential blepharospasm was granted due to a lack of due process.
The deciding factor: The decision was vacated because the Veteran did not receive due process as his request for delay in adjudication was not associated with the claims file at the time of the decision.
- Claimed conditions
- benign essential blepharospasm
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19130075
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Decisions by this judge: 2,548 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for benign essential blepharospasm as due to exposure to herbicide agents, finding that the evidence supports a link between the condition and Agent Orange exposure.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for benign essential blepharospasm, finding that there was not enough evidence to support a link between the condition and in-service exposure to herbicide agents.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate medical opinion regarding the Veteran's eye disability, specifically benign essential blepharospasm. The case is sent back for another examination by a neurologist.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's current benign essential blepharospasm is not shown to be etiologically related to service, including as due to herbicide agents. Therefore, the claim for service connection is denied.
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