The Board found that the veteran's current eye impairment, including optic nerve atrophy and decreased vision, was not incurred in or aggravated by service.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding of direct service connection for the veteran's current eye impairment due to lack of continuity of symptomatology and absence of medical opinion linking the condition to service.
- Claimed conditions
- optic nerve atrophy, decreased vision
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 5, 2005
- Citation
- 0512462
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