The Board granted service connection for residuals of left eye post-retinal detachment, to include left eye retinal scarring, left eye maculopathy, and left eye cataract.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's current left eye disabilities are medically linked to an incident of service due to the in-service onset of left eye retinal detachment and subsequent treatment.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of left eye post-retinal detachment, left eye retinal scarring, left eye maculopathy, left eye cataract
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- July 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25057468
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Decisions by this judge: 931 · Granted: 42% (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)
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- Denied
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- Dismissed
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