Partly granted
The Board denied an initial compensable disability rating for left ocular hypertension and remanded the claims for service connection for a lower back condition and a right shoulder condition.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's corrected distance visual acuity was 20/20, and there were no documented incapacitating episodes or other evidence of visual impairment. For the lower back and right shoulder conditions, VA medical opinions are necessary to determine if they are related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- left ocular hypertension, lower back condition, right shoulder condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25018983
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