The Board denied both claims of entitlement to service connection for residuals of a concussion and a bilateral eye disorder, finding that the evidence did not support these claims.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinions concluded that there were no residuals of a concussion or any relationship between the veteran's current bilateral eye disorder (diagnosed as macular degeneration) and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of concussion, bilateral eye disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 19, 2001
- Citation
- 0108083
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