The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's left eye cataracts, but remanded to determine if any other pre-existing left eye disabilities are related to service or aggravated by diabetes.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not provide sufficient discussion regarding the difference in visual acuity at entrance into service and whether this indicated worsening of the Veteran's vision.
- Claimed conditions
- left eye cataract, left eye blindness (claimed), left eye chorioretinal scar with optic atrophy, left eye exotropia, left eye astigmatism with presbyopia, left eye dry eye syndrome, left eye 3DD chorioretinal scar nasally, decreased BUT/ slight SPK
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 17, 2022
- Citation
- 22035521
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- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a bilateral eye disability, including right eye pseudophakia with retinal tear and vitreous hemorrhage, and left eye cataract, finding that there was not an approximate balance of positive and negative evidence to support the claim.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for left eye retinal detachment, finding that it was not related to his exposure to herbicide agents or his service-connected diabetes mellitus type II.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for residuals of left eye post-retinal detachment, to include left eye retinal scarring, left eye maculopathy, and left eye cataract.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for right and left eye recurrent infections and dry eye syndrome, but remanded the claims for left eye pinguecula and nuclear sclerosis and right eye nasal pterygium and nuclear sclerosis for further development.
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