The Board denied service connection for a bilateral eye disorder and dry eye as secondary to PTSD, finding no clear and convincing evidence linking these conditions to the veteran's service or service-connected PTSD.
The deciding factor: Competent medical opinions were not provided with sufficient certainty to establish a direct link between the claimed conditions and the veteran's service or service-connected PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral eye disorder, Dry eye
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 10, 2004
- Citation
- 0403817
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
The Board has granted readjudication of the claims for service connection for a bilateral eye disorder, hypertension, diabetes, stroke, neurological disorder, right side body weakness, memory disorder, and balance disorder based on new and relevant evidence being received.
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