The Board denied service connection for residuals of an eye injury, finding no current pathology compatible with post-trauma residuals.
The deciding factor: The veteran did not have any pathology of the eye that was considered a disability incurred in or aggravated by military service.
- Claimed conditions
- eye injury
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 5, 2005
- Citation
- 0512488
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