The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for amblyopia, esotropia, and blindness of the left eye. The veteran's congenital conditions were aggravated by service, but his current condition does not meet the criteria for service connection as blindness.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows that the veteran's congenital conditions were aggravated during service, but there is no clear and unmistakable evidence to rebut this presumption of aggravation. However, the veteran currently does not have a diagnosis of blindness of the left eye.
- Claimed conditions
- amblyopia, esotropia, blindness
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 20, 2001
- Citation
- 0105162
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
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