The Board has granted service connection for the veteran's bilateral knee strain. The issue of service connection for a chronic eye disability is remanded due to inadequate examination and incomplete medical records.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not provide a definitive diagnosis or etiology for the veteran's chronic eye disability, necessitating further examination and review of medical records.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knee strain, chronic eye disability (decreased visual acuity)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 1, 2006
- Citation
- 0637267
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Decisions by this judge: 2,435 · Granted: 22% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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