The Board has determined that the evidence is at least in equipoise with regard to whether the veteran's current left eye infection and early cataract are related to his service, thus granting service connection for these conditions.
The deciding factor: Service medical records noted bilateral posterior subcapsular cataract changes while the veteran was in service. The Board finds that at least a reasonable doubt has been raised regarding the inservice origins of the veteran's current postoperative left cataract.
- Claimed conditions
- left eye infection, early cataract
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 23, 2005
- Citation
- 0523006
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