The Board of Veterans' Appeals has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral defective vision, as it found no medical evidence indicating that the veteran incurred or was treated for any eye injury or vision-related condition during his military service.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence linking the veteran's current defective vision to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral defective vision
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 15, 2003
- Citation
- 0323962
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions due to incomplete STRs and the need for additional examinations.
- Denied
The Board found no evidence of a service-connected eye injury resulting in current vision impairment and denied the Veteran's claim for service connection.
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