Glaucoma decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection and increased ratings due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board denied a rating higher than 90 percent for uveitic glaucoma based on the current visual impairment and field of vision.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher rating for GERD and service connection for glaucoma, while remanding the claim for service connection for a bilateral eye disability.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, right shoulder disability, right knee disability, left knee disability, and eye condition (to include open angle glaucoma, dry eye syndrome, pseudophakia, and pinguecula OU) as additional evidence is needed.

The Board granted separate ratings of 20 percent for right and left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, but denied earlier effective dates for special monthly compensation, service connection for bilateral glaucoma, and payment of accrued benefits.

The appeal for an increased rating for glaucoma was dismissed as it was not timely filed.

The Board denied service connection for a bilateral eye disability, to include normal tension glaucoma and epiretinal membrane with cataracts, as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were due to an in-service injury or disease.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for glaucoma, finding that the evidence does not support a link between the condition and the Veteran's military service or any of his service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, but granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.

The Board denied service connection for lower back sprain, heart disease, cervical spine disorder, inguinal hernia, work stress (high anxiety), basal cell carcinoma of the nose, glaucoma, high blood pressure, digestive disorder, and hearing loss as there was no evidence of a current disability or an in-service event, injury, or illness related to these conditions.

The appeal was dismissed due to a formal defect related to the Veteran's concurrent election of multiple review options for the same issues.

The Board granted service connection for a cervical spine disability and depressive disorder with anxiety, but denied service connection for glaucoma.

The Board denied an initial increased rating for the acquired psychiatric condition and sickle cell retinopathy, but granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) effective March 23, 2022, and special monthly compensation based on housebound status effective August 14, 2023.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for loss of vision (glaucoma) and entitlement to an allowance for an automobile or other conveyance, and adaptive equipment, or for adaptive equipment due to an inadequate VA examination.

The Board remands the appeal for a new examination to address deficiencies in previous opinions regarding the Veteran's bilateral eye disability and its potential relationship to service or service-connected diabetes mellitus.