The Board has determined that the veteran's bilateral eye disorders, including those caused by mustard gas exposure, are not related to service and have found no evidence of such exposure.
The deciding factor: The medical records do not provide sufficient evidence linking any current eye conditions to service or to mustard gas exposure during World War II.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral eye disorders, Chronic blepharoconjunctivitis, Cataracts, Retinal detachment, Macular degeneration
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 11, 2002
- Citation
- 0206146
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