The Board has granted service connection for herpes zoster with residual corneal scarring in the right eye as secondary to service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the veteran's PTSD aggravated his herpes zoster virus, which resulted in corneal scarring in the right eye.
- Claimed conditions
- Herpes zoster, Corneal scarring in the right eye
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 12, 2002
- Citation
- 0207703
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- Granted
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