The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a current disability for which service connection can be granted, as his need for glasses is not related to his military service.
The deciding factor: There is no competent evidence of any disability upon which to predicate a grant of service connection, regardless of what occurred or was alleged to have occurred in service.
- Claimed conditions
- visual impairment of the left eye
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 19, 2005
- Citation
- 0525568
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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- Denied
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