The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for blindness in both eyes, to include as secondary to PTSD.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's statements made close to the time of his gunshot injury were credible and not provoked by his service-connected PTSD, which prevented him from de-escalating a tense situation.
- Claimed conditions
- Blindness in both eyes
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25093239
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,569 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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