The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral retinitis pigmentosa first manifested during active service and is therefore granted service connection.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran was diagnosed with bilateral retinitis pigmentosa in March 2003, while he was in service, and there is no indication of pre-service diagnosis or aggravation by service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral retinitis pigmentosa
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 9, 2024
- Citation
- A24036721
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted readjudication of service connection for bilateral retinitis pigmentosa but denied the claim based on a lack of evidence linking the condition to the Veteran's military service.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral retinitis pigmentosa began in and is related to his active-duty service, granting the claim for service connection.
- Granted
The Veteran's bilateral retinitis pigmentosa and acquired psychiatric disorder (including PTSD) are granted as service-connected. The Board found that the Veteran had a current disability, established continuity of symptoms since service, and provided sufficient medical evidence to establish a relationship between his in-service stressor and his current conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral retinitis pigmentosa and an acquired psychiatric disability, including PTSD, anxiety disorder, depressive disorder, and adjustment disorder. The decision is based on insufficient information regarding the nature of these conditions during active duty.
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