The Board found no evidence of a bilateral eye disability, optic neuropathy, or glaucoma in service and denied the claim for service connection. The veteran's PTSD was also not granted as service connected.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence linking the veteran's current eye disorders to his military service, nor any evidence that he developed PTSD during service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral eye disability, optic neuropathy, glaucoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 14, 2004
- Citation
- 0425198
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