The Board has determined that the veteran's current right eye disability, subretinal neovascular membrane (SRNVM), is due to an in-service injury and granted service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: Competent medical opinion supports the veteran's claim that his current right eye disorder of SRNVM can be attributed to a choroidal tear caused by trauma during service, which could have occurred when a tire blew up in his face.
- Claimed conditions
- subretinal neovascular membrane (SRNVM) of the right eye
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 16, 2001
- Citation
- 0104977
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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