The Board has determined that the veteran's post-operative residuals of cataract in his left eye are service-connected, as it is linked to a traumatic injury sustained during service.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on evidence linking the current condition (post-operative residuals of cataract) to an in-service injury (left eye trauma).
- Claimed conditions
- Left eye injury, Cataract
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 2, 2002
- Citation
- 0209061
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