The Board granted service connection for bilateral eye disabilities, to include open angle glaucoma and legal blindness.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least in approximate balance as to whether the Veteran's current bilateral eye disabilities are related to his service. The Board finds these opinions to be entitled to equal weight of probative value and resolves all doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral eye disabilities
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25032971
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,680 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a right shoulder disability, finding that the pre-existing condition was aggravated by active-duty service. The claims for bilateral eye disabilities and erectile dysfunction were remanded for further development.
- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's passing during its pendency.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection of bilateral eye disabilities, finding that there is not an approximate balance of positive and negative evidence to support the claim.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral eye disabilities, finding that there was no evidence to support a link between his current conditions and his military service. The decision also noted that the Veteran is not entitled to TDIU due to insufficient information regarding his employment history.
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