The Board has determined that the appellant does not have a right eye disability incurred or aggravated by military service, and his claim for secondary service connection for a right knee disability related to his left knee disorder is also denied.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support a finding of a current right eye vision disorder caused by military service. The Board found that the appellant's pre-existing right eye cataract was aggravated by years of active duty exposure to sunlight, which contradicted Dr. Hassan's opinion based on the appellant's account of his service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Eye Vision Disorder, Chronic Right Knee Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2003
- Citation
- 0331889
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