The Board denied service connection for blindness in the right eye and an increased rating for bilateral glaucoma, finding that there was no evidence to support a secondary service connection claim or that the veteran's current visual acuity impairment warranted a higher rating.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found it unlikely that the veteran's service-connected glaucoma caused his blindness in the right eye and denied both claims based on lack of medical evidence supporting such a link.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral glaucoma, Blindness in the right eye
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 27, 2006
- Citation
- 0633306
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