The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an eye disability, including myopia, presbyopia, astigmatism, photophobia, and myopic astigmatism with presbyopia and photophobia, as well as any such condition secondary to service-connected migraine headaches and/or diabetes mellitus type 2 with vertigo. The Board found that the Veteran's diagnoses were not caused or aggravated by these conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the Veteran's eye disability is less likely than not proximately due to or aggravated by his service-connected diabetes mellitus, migraine headaches, and/or vertigo.
- Claimed conditions
- myopia, presbyopia, astigmatism, photophobia, myopic astigmatism with presbyopia and photophobia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 7, 2021
- Citation
- 21062508
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,911 · Granted: 10% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Granted
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