The Board has granted reconsideration of the previously denied claim for service connection for a bilateral eye condition, but has remanded both the bilateral eye condition and left ankle condition claims due to insufficient evidence. The Veteran's testimony regarding in-service events and post-service symptomatology will be considered during the upcoming VA examinations.
The deciding factor: The Board found new and material evidence sufficient to reopen the claim for service connection of a bilateral eye condition, but remanded both the bilateral eye condition and left ankle condition claims due to insufficient evidence from the previous VA examination.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Eye Condition, Left Ankle Condition
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 10, 2023
- Citation
- 23014636
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What this means for you
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- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's right knee, left knee, right ankle, and left ankle conditions as secondary to his service-connected left hip replacement.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's current left ankle condition is not related to his service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.
- Granted
The Veteran's right knee disability (status post total knee arthroplasty) is rated at 60 percent prior to December 10, 2024 and denied for higher ratings thereafter. His left knee disability remains at 10 percent. The bilateral eye condition was initially rated at 10 percent but increased to 20 percent beginning December 12, 2024. TDIU is granted prior to August 1, 2023.
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