The Board found that the veteran does not have residuals of his in-service eye injuries and does not currently have a skin disability of the back. Therefore, service connection for these conditions is denied.
The deciding factor: VA examinations did not find any current disabilities related to the veteran's in-service eye injuries or skin condition.
- Claimed conditions
- disability of the eyes, skin disability of the back
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 14, 2004
- Citation
- 0415171
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