The Board has granted service connection for left eye glaucoma and denied service connection for missing teeth for compensation purposes. The decision is based on the opinion that the Veteran's left eye glaucoma was caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury (TBI).
The deciding factor: The ophthalmologist indicated it was possible that the Veteran's current left eye glaucoma could have been caused by the in-service TBI.
- Claimed conditions
- left eye glaucoma, missing teeth
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 27, 2022
- Citation
- 22004494
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for left eye glaucoma, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board denied service connection for missing teeth and remanded the claims for temporomandibular disorder, left knee disability, and back disability due to a need for additional evidence.
- Partly granted
The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection for left eye glaucoma and denied increased ratings for an acquired psychiatric disorder, left knee surgical scars. The claims for increased ratings for left knee degenerative arthritis and status post reconstructive surgery, as well as for bilateral hearing loss, were remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for a new VA opinion to address in-service symptoms and whether any non-refractive eye condition or superimposed disease or injury is present.
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