BVA Decisions on Eye
92 real Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions on VA disability claims involving eye. Each links to the full decision, reasoning, and citations.
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Case 90-1360 — Unknown March 1, 1993The 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...
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Case 23-6144 — Vacated / Remanded October 8,2024The following month, in a letter addressed to the appellant at Bellini Way in Sacramento , VA advised him that his claim for benefits for PCS had previously been denied and that he...
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Case 19-4559 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed July 30,2020Shanahan ,through counsel appeals a March 19,2019,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board) decision finding that new and material evidence had not been received to reopen a claim of entit...
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Case 02-0656 — Remanded / Vacated April 2, 2004In the February 8, 2002, BVA decision here on appeal, the Board denied service connection for the veteran's MS....
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Case 91-1591 — Affirmed / Remanded January 11, 1994That decision indicated that evidence had been "received subsequent to rating action dated[] 12-12-85" and that "[t]his evidence does not warrant change in service- connected statu...
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Case 19-8927 — Unknown December 30,2021Simpson ,through counsel, appeals an August 20,2019,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board found no clear and unmistakable error (CUE)in an October 16,1995,VA...
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Case 01-345 — Vacated June 27, 2003STEINBERG, Judge: The appellant, through counsel, seeks review of a November 17, 2000, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) that concluded that new and materia...
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Case 22-1803 — Unknown October 30,2023The veteran asserted that though he was granted service connection in March 1985 for neuropathy of the left common peroneal nerve,the March 1985 rating decision did not address ser...
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Case 22-464 — Vacated / Remanded January 26,2023Yarbrough , through counsel,appeals an October 28,2021,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board) decision in which the Board denied service connection for a disability manifested by memory...
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Case 08-2005 — Vacated / Remanded March 13,2009LANCE, Judge :The appellant,James Baker,through counsel,appeals a June 24,2008, Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision that found new and material evidence had not been submitte...
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Case 23-3528 — Unknown May 13,2024Ferrerio,appeals the May 9, 2023,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied service connection for a heart disability....
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Case 06-1464 — Vacated / Remanded June 30, 2008Croy 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) denied servic...
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Case 94-0927 — Affirmed / Reversed January 27, 1997As was the case in Ramey, the BVA decision here was issued prior to the Combee opinion, and the BVA failed to address the question of direct service connection....
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Case 23-0092 — Vacated / Remanded March 21,2024The Board found that the April 2015 VA medical opinion address[ing]whether the [v]eteran's current endocrine conditions and hypertension were related to his service-connected diabe...
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Case 97-1534 — Vacated February 17, 1999STEINBERG, Judge: The appellant, veteran Joe Elkins, appeals through counsel a May 6, 1997, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board or BVA) that determined that new and m...
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Case 18-4475 — Unknown September 13,2022Dotson appeals,pro se,a December 20,2017,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision that denied revision of an April 19,2013,Board decision based on clear and unmistakable error (CU...
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Case 10-3273 — Affirmed / Remanded / Vacated April 13,2012In October 2009,the 5 examiner opined that the appellant's macular degeneration was less likely than not related to his military service,including RFR....
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Case 92-1347 — Affirmed June 21, 1994Glynn, had not submitted new and material evidence regarding his claim for service connection for a back condition, and thus refused to reopen this previously and finally denied cl...
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Case 12-1043 — Affirmed September 25,2013Finally,the Board found that the appellant's bilateral knee and left ankle conditions were not etiologically related to his active duty military service....
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Case 23-3986 — Unknown July 19,2024July 2016 Board Decision and Appeal In a July 2016 decision,the Board denied a rating higher than 20%for left shoulder dislocation,status postsurgical repair with residual tendinit...
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Case 23-4103 — Reversed / Vacated / Remanded October 15,2024VA twice declined to reopen the veteran's claim,finding that new and material evidence had not been submitted....
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Case 90-744 — Vacated / Remanded April 28, 1992We find that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Secretary) prevented the veteran from presenting new and material evidence to reopen his claim by failing to fulfill the VA's duty t...
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Case 22-4105 — Vacated / Remanded October 30,2023In the March 2022 decision here on appeal,the Board found that the October 2021 decision provided an incomplete discussion of the April 2021 VA medical opinion and failed to discus...
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Case 14-0328 — Affirmed June 26,2015Yarasavych ,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 nerve...
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Case 21-0226 — Vacated / Remanded April 17,2023In the November 2020 decision on appeal,the Board denied entitlement to an effective date prior to September 5,2018,for the award of benefits for CAD....
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Case 18-2844 — Affirmed July 12,2019Parties'Arguments The appellant argues that the Board erred when it determined that his statements describing the alleged MST were not credible and accordingly declined to afford h...
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Case 21-0814 — Vacated / Remanded January 10,2022The same month, the Board denied 1 When an unlisted condition is encountered it will be permissible to rate under a closely related disease or injury in which not only the function...
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Case 99-357 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded July 21, 2000ent of Veterans Affairs (VA) service connection for hernias and a low-back disorder; (2) found that new and material evidence had not been presented to reopen a previously and fina...
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Case 17-3439 — Affirmed / Reversed / Remanded August 9,2019155 (2017): 2 (1)entitlement to a total disability rating based on 1 There is no dispute between the parties that, when the Board determined that no further action is necessary,....
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Case 96-179 — Affirmed February 3, 1998Laruan, appeals a February 9, 1996, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) which concluded that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen his cl...
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Case 08-3983 — AffirmedDVA informed Akers that her claim could only be reopened if she submitted new and material evidence....
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Case 23-3939 — Vacated / Remanded February 28,2025In August 2020,the Board determined that new and material evidence had been received to reopen the claim for service connection for a cervical spine disorder, and the Board remande...
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Case 08-0089 — VacatedBond argued that his February 1998 submission was actually new and material evidence relating to the earlier, May 1997, rating decision and should have been assessed as such by the...
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Case 20-0205 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed February 25,2021In October 2017,the Board denied the appellant's claim for an increased disability rating for headaches....
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Case 91-1665 — Vacated / Remanded March 30, 1995The issue presented by this appeal is whether the Secretary's imposition by regulation of a causal nexus requirement, i....
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Case 24-7144 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded January 15,2026He 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...
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Case 09-3224 — Affirmed February 25,2011Ackerman was not entitled to benefits for bilateral hearing loss was not clearly erroneous;because the September 2003 VA medical examination,including the November 2003 addendum,wa...
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Case 15-0594 — Reversed / Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed October 31,2016He appeals,through counsel,a December 9,2014, Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision that denied entitlement to service connection for right hand arthritis and determined that n...
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Case 10-0826 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed August 31,2011clearly erred in concluding that VA satisfied its duty to assist Mr....
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Case 22-3869 — Vacated / Remanded September 28,2023at 2487-88, the Board member explained that the appellant was missing evidence of a nexus,R....
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Case 23-0076 — Vacated / Remanded February 15,2024In 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...
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Case 22-6516 — Unknown November 22,2023In May 2021,the Board denied entitlement to an initial evaluation in excess of 10%rating for the back condition prior to March 15,2019,and granted entitlement to initial ratings of...
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Case 07-0911 — Affirmed / Remanded December 30,2008Griffin,through counsel,appeals a December 18,2006,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board or BVA)decision in which the Board denied his claims for entitlement to service connection for a...
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Case 09-4670 — Vacated / Remanded September 30,2011Ventura ,appeals through counsel a November 5,2009,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision that found new and material evidence had been received to reopen a claim for entitlemen...
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Case 09-3437 — Remanded / Vacated May 19,2011Credibility Determination In his brief,the appellant makes several arguments with respect to his claim of entitlement to service connection for a left hip disability....
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Case 19-7388 — Affirmed October 19, 2020In May 2009,the Board denied service connection for right and left knee disabilities, finding that the appellant's current disabilities were bilateral patellofemoral syndrome and c...
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Case 98-1913 — Reversed / Affirmed / Vacated April 16, 2003A November 1989 RO decision and a February 1990 RO decision both concluded that the veteran had not submitted new and material evidence to reopen his previously and finally disallo...
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Case 20-0412 — Affirmed September 30,2021In a 2018 decision that was eventually appealed to this Court,the Board interpreted his CUE assertion as contending two things: that the Board failed to consider whether his attend...
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Case 09-3980 — Vacated / Remanded July 13,2011Because the Board failed to provide an adequate statement of its reasons or bases for rejecting favorable lay evidence of record and failed to ensure that VA satisfied its duty to ...
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Case 23-5928 — Unknown February 20,2025PIETSCH, Judge :The appellant appeals the June 16, 2023,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied the appellant's claims for entitlement to service connec...
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Case 21-1298 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded January 14,20223 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...
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Case 90-1330 — Affirmed September 18, 1992The appellant was advised that in order to reopen his claim, he "must submit new and material evidence....
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Case 07-1599 — Affirmed April 10,2009The 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...
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Case 03-1575 — Affirmed / Vacated May 12, 2006Belbeck appeals, through counsel, a May 30, 2003, Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) decision that found that new and material evidence had not been presented to reopen his previou...
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Case 21-2636 — Affirmed July 6,2022Stanton ,appeals a March 31, 2021, Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board concluded that the character of the appellant's discharge from service is a bar to t...
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Case 24-4780 — Vacated / Remanded October 22,2025The parties further agreed that the Board failed to address whether the appellant's macular degeneration was caused by in-service exposure to Agent Orange....
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Case 97-192 — Vacated / Remanded February 15, 2000Trilles 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 under 38 ...
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Case 13-3039 — Vacated / Remanded April 30,2015An October 1993 rating decision found,inter alia,that the information submitted did not constitute new and material evidence sufficient to reopen the claim....
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Case 04-0185 — Vacated June 5, 2006McLendon 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....
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Case 17-4070 — Remanded / Vacated November 19,2018SCHOELEN, Judge :The appellant, Hiram Pedraza-Torres , through counsel,appeals an August 25,2017,Board of Veteran's Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied service connec...
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Case 08-4200 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed March 31,2011In a January 1998 decision,the Board denied entitlement to an effective date prior to October 9,1992,for a total disability rating for PTSD....
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Case 22061364 — Remanded November 2, 2022Establishing direct service connection generally requires (1) medical evidence of a current disability; (2) medical, or in certain circumstances, lay evidence of in-service occurre...
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Case 93-1203 — Vacated October 20, 19953 The Board found that the evidence did not establish that "the veteran's heart disease manifested by systolic murmur was incurred or aggravated during active service"....
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Case 17-4239 — Reversed / Vacated / Remanded February 6,2019The 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....
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Case 10-2595 — Vacated / Remanded February 6,2012In October 2009,the appellant was provided a VA medical examination to analyze whether there is a nexus between his current disabilities and his service....
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Case 24-6198 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed July 30,2025The appellant underwent a VA scar examination in September 2021, and the examiner opined that the scars documented in previous VA examination reports and the recurrent carbuncles w...
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Case 17-0442 — Affirmed February 7,2018In February 2012,the RO did not reopen the appellant's claims because the evidence was not new and material....
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Case 15-0416 — Affirmed May 13,2016Joyner ,through counsel,appeals a December 19,2014,Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied his claim for entitlement to compensation under the provisio...
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Case 95-454 — VacatedFurthermore, though not explicitly mentioned in Cruz, the standards set forth in Cruz are consistent with the Board’s own regulation that places the burden on the claimant to estab...
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Case 95-673 — Affirmed April 9, 1997FARLEY, Judge: This is an appeal from an April 4, 1995, decision of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA or Board) which determined that new and material evidence had not been submi...
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Case 20-2125 — Vacated / Remanded / Reversed February 28,2022In 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...
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Case 14-2952 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded July 23,2015For 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...
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Case 19-4604 — Vacated December 21,2020The Board noted diagnoses of asthma in June and November of 2012 and found that the appellant had a present disability;stated that the appellant was presumed sound when he entered ...
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Case 23-4236 — Vacated / Remanded July 31,2024In the June 2023 decision on appeal, the Board denied reopening of the claim for service connection for left ankle disability....
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Case 03-1345 — Vacated / Remanded January 26, 2006He argues that the Board decision is clearly erroneous and should be reversed....
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Case 06-7279 — Affirmed / Remanded / Vacated May 11, 2007Hunt , through counsel, appeals a BOOKMARK/ September 1, 2005, Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) decision in which the Board denied his claims for service connection for a headach...
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Case 01-467 — Affirmed / Reversed / Remanded / Vacated October 22, 2003First, the Board found that, with respect to the MGs in the appellant's left shoulder, the evidence shows that the residuals of the GSW to the left shoulder involve only MG I and n...
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Case 09-3092 — Vacated / Affirmed / Reversed June 24,2011Wiggins ,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 claim ...
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Case 21-1308 — Affirmed September 16,2022Thomas , appeals a November 12,2020,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied (1)service connection for a lumbar spine disorder;(2)service connection for ...
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Case 03-0106 — Reversed / Remanded / Vacatedconnection 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...