The Board has determined that there is no persuasive medical evidence linking the veteran's left and right eye injuries to his military service, resulting in a denial of both claims for service connection.
The deciding factor: There is no credible medical nexus between the veteran's current eye conditions and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Eye Injury, Right Eye Injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 24, 2006
- Citation
- 0636518
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