The Board has determined that the veteran's left optic atrophy is likely related to his service-connected hypertension, and thus secondary service connection for this condition is granted.
The deciding factor: The opinion provided by a VA ophthalmology examiner found that if the veteran's hypertension existed at the time of his loss of visual field in 1998, then the currently diagnosed left optic atrophy was likely related to the hypertension.
- Claimed conditions
- left optic atrophy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 31, 2006
- Citation
- 0615758
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