The Board has granted service connection for amblyopia of the left eye. Bilateral macular degeneration is remanded due to insufficient evidence on its secondary relationship to the previously granted left eye condition.
The deciding factor: Amblyopia of the left eye was diagnosed during service and is presumed to have been incurred therein, while bilateral macular degeneration requires further evaluation for a possible secondary etiology from the previously granted left eye condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Amblyopia of the left eye, Bilateral macular degeneration
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 3, 2004
- Citation
- 0414259
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Decisions by this judge: 464 · Granted: 21% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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- Partly granted
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