The Board has denied service connection for various disabilities, including bilateral eye disability, generalized arthritis, heart disability, type II diabetes mellitus, upper and lower extremity disabilities, colon cancer and associated residuals, and erectile dysfunction. The evidence does not support a finding that any of these conditions began during or are otherwise related to the Veteran's military service.
The deciding factor: The Board found no credible evidence of an onset of eye-related issues in service and insufficient medical records to establish a nexus between current disabilities and service.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral nuclear cataract, Bilateral dermatochalasis, Bilateral dry eye syndrome, Bilateral corneal arcus, Upper right eye lid wart
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 26, 2022
- Citation
- 22042312
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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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The appeal for service connection for alopecia areata is dismissed. The Veteran's claims of service connection for bilateral hearing loss and bilateral dry eye syndrome with vision impairment scars are remanded due to a duty to assist error.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the grant of service connection for bilateral dry eye syndrome was improper due to clear and unmistakable error (CUE), and thus, the appeal is denied.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including inadequate VA examinations and ineffective assignment of an effective date. A new VA examination is required to assess the current severity of his service-connected bilateral dry eye syndrome and cataracts, with a focus on whether a separate compensable rating for dry eye syndrome is warranted.
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