The Veteran's service-connected right eye disability has prevented him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation, and the Board granted his TDIU on an extra-schedular basis.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's right eye disability rendered him unable to secure and follow substantially gainful employment due to significant functional impairments that precluded him from performing jobs requiring binocular vision, driving, or work in a warehouse environment.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Eye Blindness, Traumatic Aphakia, Open-Angle Glaucoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- March 11, 2023
- Citation
- 23014866
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for right eye blindness due to new and material evidence. The case is remanded for further development, including obtaining treatment records and providing an addendum opinion.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that additional evidence is needed to fully and fairly consider the merits of the Veteran's claims, including updated VA treatment records, a VA psychiatric examination for PTSD, an eye examination for right eye blindness, a VA hypertension examination, and another knee examination. The TDIU claim is also remanded.
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