The Board denied service connection for the veteran's refractive error of the left eye, finding no evidence linking it to service or a service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence persuasively weighs against finding that the Veteran's refractive error was subject to a superimposed disease or injury during service, or that his refractive error is secondary to his service-connected arterial hypertension.
- Claimed conditions
- refractive error of the left eye
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2025
- Citation
- 25000283
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Decisions by this judge: 845 · Granted: 39% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has ordered the case to be remanded due to a lack of compliance with prior remand instructions regarding the relationship between the Veteran's refractive error and any superimposed disease or injury during service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining VA medical opinions regarding the relationship between his service-connected residuals of left orbital lobe fracture with diplopia and other diagnosed conditions. The TDIU issue prior to July 8, 2016, will also be referred to the Director, Compensation Service, for extraschedular consideration.
- Denied
The Board has denied service connection for refractive error of the left eye, finding that it is attributable to diabetic retinopathy, which is already service-connected.
- Partly granted
The Board has denied service connection for the Veteran's claimed conditions, finding that they are not secondary to his service-connected hypertension. The case is remanded for further development regarding refractive error of the left eye.
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