The Board has determined that the veteran's glaucoma was not incurred in or aggravated by active military service and is not proximately due to or the result of his service-connected diabetes mellitus type II.
The deciding factor: Service medical records are silent for complaints, findings, or diagnosis of glaucoma. The clinical evaluation on the veteran's retirement examination was normal with respect to eyes, ophthalmoscopic, pupils, and ocular motility.
- Claimed conditions
- glaucoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 11, 2005
- Citation
- 0503678
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