Partly granted
The appeal for service connection of blindness was dismissed. The appeals for hypertension, diabetes rating, and TDIU were remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran opted into the AMA review system for blindness, withdrawing it from the Legacy appeal process.
- Claimed conditions
- blindness of the left eye, hypertension, diabetes mellitus type II (diabetes), residuals of skin cancer of the left foot, neurological disability to include benign essential tremor of the hands
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 21, 2025
- Citation
- 25000731
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