The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a bilateral eye disability, including as due to service-connected hypertension. The evidence does not support an etiological link between any of his current bilateral eye disabilities and active service or service-connected hypertension.
The deciding factor: The VA clinician opined that none of the current bilateral eye disabilities was related to active service, including as due to service-connected hypertension.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Eye Disability, Nasal Pinguecula in the Right Eye, Symptomatic Panus in the Left Eye, Bilateral Refractive Error Presbyopia, Dry Eye Syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 15, 2021
- Citation
- 21068887
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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