undersigned.  A transcript of the hearing has been associated with the claims file.  

A Board decision in August 2011 granted compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for residuals of a stroke, including right upper extremity numbness and weakness.  The Veteran thereafter appealed the Board's decision to the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (Court) insofar as he disagreed with the residuals granted.  In an Order dated in January 2013, the Court granted a Joint Motion for Partial Remand (JMPR) by the Veteran and VA General Counsel, which was incorporated by reference, to vacate the Board's decision only so far as it failed to adjudicate a claim for residuals other than right upper extremity numbness and weakness and remand the case for readjudicationsystem separately.  38 C.F.R. § 3.361(b) (2015).

Records dating back to 1987 show that the Veteran had vision complaints with a diagnosis of Stargardt's macular degeneration.  A July 1987 record shows that the Veteran had sight loss and that he understood that he might lose more vision.  At a VA examination in April 1990, the Veteran was diagnosed with Stargardt's disease in both eyes and legal blindness in both eyes.  

An April 2005 record shows that the Veteran had a history of bipolar disorder.  The Veteran had a stroke in July 2005.  The July 2005 discharge summary following the Veteran's hospitalization for his stroke reveals that it was noted that the Veteran was legally blind secondary to macular degeneration.  The Veteran was