The Board found no evidence linking the veteran's right eye disorder to his military service and denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence establishing a nexus between the veteran's right eye disorder and active service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Eye Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 11, 2006
- Citation
- 0628645
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What this means for you
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