The Veteran's scotoma of the right eye is granted as secondary to his service-connected migraine headaches, and he has been granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder including schizoaffective disorder depressive type, neurocognitive disorder, and polysubstance dependence. The issue regarding forgetfulness remains denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's scotoma of the right eye is found to be proximately due to his service-connected migraine headaches.
- Claimed conditions
- Scotoma of the right eye, Acquired psychiatric disorder, to include schizoaffective disorder depressive type, neurocognitive disorder and polysubstance dependence, Forgetfulness
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 25, 2022
- Citation
- 22059852
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