The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for a bilateral eye condition, finding that his current conditions are related to his in-service herbicide exposure. The evidence supports this decision with a private medical opinion linking the condition to his service.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinion provided by the May 2022 VA examiner supported the Veteran's claim by linking his current bilateral eye condition to his in-service herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Meige syndrome with blepharospasm, cortical cataract, ectropion right eye
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 7, 2022
- Citation
- A22024662
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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.
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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