The Board has granted service connection for a superior hemispheric retinal vein occlusion in the right eye, finding that it is proximately due to the veteran's service-connected hypertension.
The deciding factor: The superior hemispheric retinal vein occlusion in the right eye was found to be related to the veteran's service-connected hypertension.
- Claimed conditions
- vision problem, superior hemispheric retinal vein occlusion in the right eye
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 12, 2005
- Citation
- 0518834
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