The Board found that the veteran's eye disorders, including bilateral posterior subscapular cataracts and retinosa pigmentosa, were not incurred or aggravated by military service, nor may they be presumed to have been incurred therein. The evidence did not support a nexus between the veteran's claimed radiation exposure in service and his current eye disorders.
The deciding factor: The dose estimates for the veteran's exposure to ionizing radiation during service were found to be below levels that could cause posterior subcapsular cataracts, which are listed as a radiogenic disease at 38 C.F.R. § 3.311(b)(2). The Board concluded that there was no reasonable possibility that the veteran's eye disorders resulted from his exposure to ionizing radiation in service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral posterior subscapular cataracts, retinosa pigmentosa
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 13, 2006
- Citation
- 0631923
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