The Board denied service connection for a right eye disability, headaches, and dizzy spells. The veteran's pre-existing vision issues were not shown to have been aggravated during service.,Service connection was also denied for hypertension as there is no evidence of its onset or aggravation in service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran did not present sufficient medical evidence to show his current right eye disability, headaches, and dizzy spells were related to service. The pre-existing vision issues were not shown to have been aggravated during service.,There is no evidence of hypertension in service or for many years after service, and it was not caused by any incident of service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Eye Disability, Headache Disability, Dizzy Spells, Hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 30, 2004
- Citation
- 0434470
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