BVA Decisions on Eye

81 real veterans-appeals decisions on VA disability claims involving eye — Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions and U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC) decisions, each labeled with its court. Each links to the full decision, reasoning, and citations.

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• CAVCCase 90-1360 — Unknown 1993-03-01
  The appellant asserts that, although he did not submit evidence that was "new and material", under the precedents of this Court, so as to reopen his previously and finally denied c...
• CAVCCase 24-1022 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2025-06-30
  The Board noted that neither the veteran nor his representative alleged any error with VA's duty to assist or a lack of substantial compliance with the September 2022 Board remand ...
• CAVCCase 96-1214 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 1999-02-11
  In the May 28, 1996, BVA decision here on appeal, the Board denied service connection for wounds of the lower extremities, frostbite of the feet, a skin disorder of the feet, heari...
• CAVCCase 15-2585 — Vacated / Remanded 2017-03-30
  This matter was referred to a panel of the Court, with oral argument,to address the circumstances under which the duty to assist requires VA,in a claim for service connection for a...
• CAVCCase 23-2243 — Remanded 2023-03-28
  The Court will vacate the part of the Board's decision that failed to address the appellant's argument in his December 2021 NOD that he was entitled to compensation for unrated man...
• CAVCCase 02-0656 — Remanded / Vacated 2002-02-08
  In the February 8, 2002, BVA decision here on appeal, the Board denied service connection for the veteran's MS....
• CAVCCase 14-3126 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2014-09-04
  As an initial matter,the Board found that VA had satisfied its duty to assist because VA had conducted all development necessary to substantiate the claims....
• CAVCCase 11-0325 — Affirmed 2011-01-03
  The appellant appears to argue that the Board's determinations that he was not entitled to VA benefits for a left knee disability,sling palsy,and trauma to the left side of the wai...
• CAVCCase 99-179 — Vacated 1999-01-20
  The appellant , appeals a January 20, 1999, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) that (1) determined that new and material evidence had not been submitted to r...
• CAVCCase 10-1267 — Remanded / Affirmed / Reversed / Vacated 2010-04-05
  , through counsel,appeals an April 5, 2010,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied the appellant's claims to reopen a previously denied claim for servic...
• CAVCCase 15-3657 — Remanded / Vacated / Reversed / Affirmed 2015-05-28
  Finally,the Board denied effective dates earlier than March 5,2009,for the grants of service connection for right ear hearing loss and tinnitus....
• CAVCCase 14-0138 — Vacated / Remanded 2013-12-27
  In the December 27,2013,decision on appeal,the Board denied disability compensation for migraine headaches,a central nervous system disability manifested by dizziness,bilateral hea...
• CAVCCase 21-2635 — Vacated / Remanded 2021-03-25
  The RO advised the appellant that [e]fforts to obtain [his] service treatment records from all potential sources were unsuccessful and that [t]he [NPRC]reported that the records ma...
• CAVCCase 08-2005 — Vacated / Remanded 2008-06-16
  LANCE, Judge :The appellant,the appellant,through counsel,appeals a June 24,2008, Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision that found new and material evidence had not been submit...
• CAVCCase 08-0816 — Remanded / Vacated 1953-07-25
  The appellant , through counsel,appeals a May 7, 2008,Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied his claims for entitlement to service connection for bila...
• CAVCCase 23-3528 — Unknown 2024-05-13
  The appellant,appeals the May 9, 2023,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied service connection for a heart disability....
• CAVCCase 06-1464 — Vacated / Remanded 2006-02-01
  The appellant had submitted new and material evidence sufficient to reopen a claim for service connection for a lower back disability; (2) denied that claim on the merits; (3) deni...
• CAVCCase 18-1440 — Affirmed 2017-11-28
  The RO also determined that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen a claim for disability compensation for a personality disorder,previously claimed as a mental...
• CAVCCase 03-0221 — Affirmed / Remanded 2002-10-07
  The appellant's request for revision on the basis that the 1971 Board failed to consider the possible application of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (...
• CAVCCase 10-3273 — Affirmed / Remanded / Vacated 2010-07-30
  In October 2009,the 5 examiner opined that the appellant's macular degeneration was less likely than not related to his military service,including RFR....
• CAVCCase 94-1080 — Affirmed / Vacated 1996-11-26
  Subsequently, the RO and then the Board denied service connection for residuals of a head injury....
• CAVCCase 04-0584 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed / Reversed 2009-10-02
  In my opinion he is allergic to certain paints and vapo[r]and these occa[s]ional respiratory symptoms are not related to the exposure of fumes in Gulf War....
• CAVCCase 22-491 — Unknown 2021-09-28
  3 Because the Board failed to provide an adequate statement of reasons or bases supporting its findings denying service connection for both a psychiatric disability and OSA, and be...
• CAVCCase 17-3135 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2017-08-02
  The examiner also concluded that the appellant's in-service back muscle strain and muscle spasm had resolved without residuals,and that such conditions did not cause and were not r...
• CAVCCase 17-0995 — Vacated / Remanded 2017-02-08
  After finding that VA had satisfied its duty to assist by obtaining various post-service medical records and providing adequate examinations relevant to each disability,R....
• CAVCCase 14-0328 — Affirmed 2013-11-19
  The appellant ,through counsel,appeals a November 19,2013,Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied his claim for disability compensation for peroneal ne...
• CAVCCase 09-3727 — Affirmed 2009-06-10
  Lay Testimony The appellant argues that the Board failed to consider credible lay evidence with regard to his service-connection claims for left knee disability,depression,back pai...
• CAVCCase 19-8155 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2019-08-13
  In his informal brief, the appellant does not challenge the Board's denial of an earlier effective date for the award of benefits of bilateral instability of the knees,or the Board...
• CAVCCase 20-0205 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2019-10-22
  In October 2017,the Board denied the appellant's claim for an increased disability rating for headaches....
• CAVCCase 91-1288 — Unknown 1945-12-10
  KRAMER, Judge: the appellant appeals the April 15, 1991, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) which determined that new and material evidence had not been subm...
• CAVCCase 24-7144 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2026-01-15
  He underwent an examination the following month;the VA examiner diagnosed moderate-to-severe triscaphe joint osteoarthritis,but she opined that the condition was less likely than n...
• CAVCCase 17-0035 — Vacated / Remanded 2016-11-25
  The examiner diagnosed the appellant with GERD with a date of diagnosis of 1989,concluding that such disability is less likely than not related to a specific exposure event ....
• CAVCCase 17-1531 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2017-03-28
  In addition, the Board denied entitlement to higher evaluations for bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy as well as entitlement to earlier effective dates for the awards...
• CAVCCase 23-0076 — Vacated / Remanded 2022-10-25
  In September 2015,the appellant underwent VA examinations for his back and neck;the examiner provided negative nexus opinions,noting in part that the record shows that the appellan...
• CAVCCase 23-7340 — Granted / Denied In Part 2025-04-10
  The appellant sustained to his head and neck 2 Case:23-7340 Page: 3 of 21 Filed:04/10/2025 in August 1965 were not service connected because he did not enter active service until F...
• CAVCCase 21-4066 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2021-05-22
  In the May 2021 decision here on appeal, the Board denied the appellant....
• CAVCCase 98-157 — Affirmed
  In August 1984, the VARO notified the appellant that new and material evidence was required to reopen his claim....
• CAVCCase 22-7103 — Unknown 2022-09-20
  The VA treatment provider who evaluated him submitted nexus letters dated in March 2016....
• CAVCCase 20-5236 — Unknown 2022-06-21
  23 The decision acknowledged the testimony that the severity of [appellant's]headaches [have]been characteristic of prostrating attacks since 2009, but the Board found that the evi...
• CAVCCase 22-7156 — Unknown 2022-08-19
  The appellant's depression was not related to service and the RO denied service connection for PTSD based on insufficient evidence of an in-service stressor....
• CAVCCase 09-4612 — Affirmed / Remanded / Vacated 2009-09-03
  On May 23,1989,the Board denied a disability rating for headaches in excess of 10%....
• CAVCCase 13-0949 — Vacated / Remanded 2013-02-28
  Although most of his service medical records (SMRs)were destroyed in the 1973 fire at the 1 The Board also remanded the issue of whether new and material evidence had been received...
• CAVCCase 95-232 — Reversed 1996-10-01
  An August 1986 RO decision stated that "no new and material evidence [had been] submitted which would warrant reversal of prior denial....
• CAVCCase 22-6636 — Vacated / Remanded 2025-02-21
  at 920,and opined that the appellant's hypertension was not related to his sinusitis....
• CAVCCase 14-4007 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2014-10-10
  Among other things,the Board denied the appellant's claims for disability compensation for bilateral cervical radiculopathy,dry eye syndrome,and a left knee disorder (other than sh...
• CAVCCase 11-3455 — Vacated 2004-03-30
  The Board found that an examination with respect to the issue of sleep apnea is not necessary, because there is no competent and credible evidence that the Veteran had sleep apnea ...
• CAVCCase 19-6325 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2019-05-17
  The appellant argues that (1)VA failed to evaluate his conditions on an extraschedular basis;(2)VA failed to consider his headaches condition in relation to his 1999 application fo...
• CAVCCase 09-1145 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2007-06-27
  Service-Connection Claims Establishing service connection generally requires (1)medical evidence of a current disability;(2)medical or,in certain circumstances, lay evidence of inc...
• CAVCCase 20-7943 — Vacated / Remanded 2020-07-24
  Many of these conditions couldbe service connected on a presumptive,direct,or secondary basis upon demonstration that the veteran served in Vietnam � but the Board failed to adequa...
• CAVCCase 24-7841 — Remanded / Vacated / Affirmed 2025-09-30
  In May 2023,the Board denied entitlement to (1)an effective date prior to December 9, 2014,for the award of benefits for bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy;(2) a rating in exc...
• CAVCCase 21-1298 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2020-11-12
  3 He underwent a VA eye examination in March 2017,and the examiner found that the appellant's glaucoma requires continual treatment and that the appellant has advanced visual field...
• CAVCCase 17-4391 — Affirmed / Remanded / Vacated 2017-09-19
  hat condition encompassed claims for benefits for all of his cardiovascular conditions and that the Board failed to consider entitlement to benefits for those conditions....
• CAVCCase 07-1599 — Affirmed 2007-05-08
  The appellant does not present any argument concerning the Board's determination that no new and material evidence had been received sufficient to reopen his claims for service con...
• CAVCCase 24-4780 — Vacated / Remanded 2025-10-22
  The parties further agreed that the Board failed to address whether the appellant's macular degeneration was caused by in-service exposure to Agent Orange....
• CAVCCase 97-192 — Vacated / Remanded 2000-02-15
  The appellant appeals a November 14, 1996, Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) decision that determined that no new and material evidence had been presented to reopen a decision und...
• CAVCCase 04-0185 — Vacated 2006-06-05
  The appellant argues that the Board erred in its evaluation of the evidence and that the Secretary failed to provide him with a VA medical examination pursuant to 38 U....
• CAVCCase 09-4352 — Reversed / Remanded 2009-10-19
  of a head injury, a neck disability claimed as neck pain,vision loss,and slow speech,and found that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen his claims for entitl...
• CAVCCase 11-0200 — Affirmed / Remanded 2010-10-07
  First,she asserts that the Board erred in failing to award her a disability rating in excess of 10%for her hemorrhoid and lumbar spine claims....
• CAVCCase 11-0493 — Affirmed 2010-12-01
  The appellant has not established that the Board committed prejudicial error in (1) applying the rating schedule for mental disorders and assigning disability ratings for his adjus...
• CAVCCase 17-4239 — Reversed / Vacated / Remanded 2017-10-27
  The Board denied entitlement to an initial disability rating in excess of 10%for the period prior to August 16,2011,in a July 2013 decision....
• CAVCCase 15-0540 — Vacated / Remanded 2014-12-09
  In the December 2014 decision here on appeal,the Board found that a disability rating in excess of 30% was not warranted....
• CAVCCase 19-3131 — Unknown 2019-04-04
  In the same decision,the Board found that there was new and material evidenceto reopen a claim of serviceconnection for arthritis of the bilateral hands....
• CAVCCase 96-1522 — Vacated 1996-10-24
  FARLEY, Judge : This is an appeal from an October 24, 1996, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) which determined that new and material evidence had not been s...
• CAVCCase 20-0523 — Vacated / Remanded 2019-12-03
  APPELLANT'S ARGUMENTS On appeal,the appellant argues that the Board failed in its duty to assist because it did not obtain relevant Social Security Administration (SSA)records....
• CAVCCase 20-2125 — Vacated / Remanded / Reversed 2020-01-06
  In January 2020, the Board denied entitlement to disability compensation for a dental condition, denied an initial disability rating in excess of 10% for a left wrist disability,de...
• CAVCCase 24-3612 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2025-05-30
  In the April 16,2024,decision on appeal,the Board denied the veteran's claims....
• CAVCCase 14-2952 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2014-06-30
  For the reasons that follow, the Court will vacate the Board's June 2014 decision denying entitlement to service connection for sleep apnea to the extent that the Board did not add...
• CAVCCase 95-199 — Unknown 1946-05-10
  STEINBERG, Judge : The pro se appellant, the veteran appeals a September 1, 1992, Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board or BVA) decision that determined that new and material evidence ...
• CAVCCase 18-6256 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2018-08-03
  at 4155 (Substantive Appeal),and in 1983, the Board denied the claims,R....
• CAVCCase 14-2683 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2014-05-28
  ANALYSIS Establishing service connection generally requires medical or,in certain circumstances,lay evidence of (1)a current disability;(2)an in-service incurrence or aggravation o...
• CAVCCase 09-3092 — Vacated / Affirmed / Reversed 2009-08-10
  The appellant ,appeals an August 10,2009, Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision that determined that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the appellant's ...
• CAVCCase 03-0106 — Reversed / Remanded / Vacated 2002-07-25
  connection for retinitis pigmentosa (RP)contained clear and unmistakable error (CUE)and (2) that no new and material evidence had been presented to reopen the appellant's previousl...
• CAVCCase 17-0743 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2017-01-17
  SCHOELEN, Judge :the appellant , through counsel,appeals a January 17,2017, Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied entitlement to service connection fo...
• CAVCCase 20-5529 — Vacated 2020-04-09
  The headache is not prostrating and not related to his herpes zoster outbreaks....
• CAVCCase 21-3782 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2021-04-14
  Service Connection for Sinusitis In the decision on appeal, the Board denied service connection for sinusitis because the preponderance of the evidence was against finding that the...
• CAVCCase 22-6158 — Unknown 2025-08-14
  The appellant's assertion that the Board failed to provide an adequate statement of reasons or bases for its decision denying his claims....
• CAVCCase 10-3268 — Unknown 2010-06-10
  First,he contends that the Board failed to comply with the requirements of Bernard v....
• CAVCCase 24-676 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2025-05-30
  A July 2016 rating decision found that new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen a claim for hepatitis C, but the RO denied service connection because a June 2016 VA e...
• CAVCCase 24-2902 — Vacated / Remanded 2025-07-21
  In June 2016,the Board denied entitlement to a rating in excess of 30% for MS;granted a 30%rating for MS from March 9,2015; and granted entitlement to a 10% rating for left upper e...
• CAVCCase 18-2837 — Remanded 2018-05-21
  Because the Board did not ensure that VA satisfied its duty to assist and failed to provide an adequate statement of its reasons or bases for denying appellant's claims, we will se...