The Board found that the veteran is not currently blind or legally blind, and there is no medical evidence linking his ocular hypertension to his service-connected schizophrenia. Therefore, service connection for these conditions cannot be granted.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence linking the veteran's blindness or ocular hypertension to his service-connected schizophrenia.
- Claimed conditions
- ocular hypertension, blindness
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 31, 2001
- Citation
- 0119725
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What this means for you
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