The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for loss of the left eye, finding that his pre-existing defective vision did not worsen during service and that there was no evidence linking the current condition to any incident in service.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show an increase in severity of the pre-existing defect in vision during service, nor could it be linked to a specific incident in service.
- Claimed conditions
- Loss of left eye
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2004
- Citation
- 0402204
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