The Board found that the veteran's color blindness is a congenital defect that was not incurred in or aggravated by active service, and therefore denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not specifically render an opinion as to whether the veteran's color blindness was incurred during service. The Board assumed there was no change in the visual defect during the veteran's period of active service due to the labeling of the defect as congenital and the veteran's testimony that he was unaware of the defect until his separation from service.
- Claimed conditions
- Color blindness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 21, 2003
- Citation
- 0320974
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