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 assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 26, 2022
- Citation
- 22042312
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- 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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