The Veteran's petition to reopen his claim for service connection of visual impairment was granted. Service connection for glaucoma is also granted. The issue of service connection for adenocarcinoma of the duodenum is remanded.
The deciding factor: The decision on visual impairment and adenocarcinoma of the duodenum are mixed as one issue is granted (visual impairment) and another is remanded (adenocarcinoma of the duodenum).
- Claimed conditions
- visual impairment, glaucoma, adenocarcinoma of the duodenum
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 24, 2019
- Citation
- 19173852
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What this means for you
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