The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for an eye disorder, as new and material evidence has been submitted. However, the claim cannot be granted because there is no evidence that the current eye disorder is related to military service.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence showing a nexus between the veteran's current eye disorders and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- eye disorder, loss of field of vision, age related macular degeneration, cataracts
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 22, 2006
- Citation
- 0630080
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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