The Board has determined that the claim of service connection for organic brain syndrome is well grounded, while the claim of service connection for cataract of the left eye as secondary to service-connected keratitis is not well grounded. The appeal is denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a finding of a plausible relationship between the veteran's current disability and his service-connected condition or any other service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- organic brain syndrome, cataract of the left eye
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 11, 2000
- Citation
- 0003659
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