The Board denied service connection for a bilateral vision condition, finding that the Veteran's current diagnosis of glaucoma is not related to service or service-connected PTSD.
The deciding factor: The August 2021 VA opinion found no evidence linking the Veteran's bilateral vision condition to service or service-connected PTSD, including required medications.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral vision condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 20, 2021
- Citation
- 21075486
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
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).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal for a compensable rating for left ear hearing loss, service connection for right ear hearing loss, and bilateral vision condition was dismissed. Service connection for hypertension, congestive heart failure, and coronary artery disease was denied.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to a duty to assist error, and will consider each issue individually.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral vision and hearing loss due to incomplete development of exposure history, lack of a VA examination, and inadequate rationale in the January 2019 opinion.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for an eye disability, TBI, bilateral knee condition, and erectile dysfunction. The decision found that new evidence did not relate to unestablished facts or raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims. The criteria for service connection were not met in any of the issues.
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