The Board has granted service connection for right eye corneal opacity and denied service connection for bilateral eye disabilities other than the right eye corneal opacity.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the currently diagnosed minor corneal opacity of the right eye is related to a prior foreign body in the right eye during service, while the bilateral eye conditions are not related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- right eye corneal opacity, bilateral nuclear sclerosis, bilateral pinguecula, bilateral pigment dispersion, bilateral preoperative cataracts
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 7, 2020
- Citation
- 20032365
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Related decisions
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence and a need for an addendum opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's eye disabilities, including bilateral cataracts, hypertensive retinopathy, hypermetropia, astigmatism, presbyopia, unspecified peripheral retinal degeneration, dry eye syndrome, presence of intraocular lens, old branch retinal vein occlusion, and bilateral pinguecula.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him so helpless that he requires the regular aid and attendance of another person, as evidenced by his need for assistance with bathing/showering, tending to hygiene needs, eating or self-feeding, transferring in or out of a bed/chair, dressing, toileting, ambulating with his home or living area, and medication management.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for hypertension and bilateral eye disability due to a duty to assist error that occurred prior to the April 2025 rating decision. The VA is required to obtain additional medical opinions regarding whether the Veteran's conditions are related to his toxic exposure through TERA.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for initial compensable ratings for bilateral cataracts with visual disturbance and bilateral pinguecula, as well as service connection for lumbosacral strain, right knee strain, and right shoulder impingement syndrome.
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