The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a bilateral eye disorder to include optic atrophy with horizontal nystagmus, finding no competent evidence of a nexus between his current condition and active military service.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence establishing a relationship between the veteran's current bilateral eye disorder and his period of service. The Board found that the preponderance of the evidence was against service connection for this condition.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral eye disorder to include optic atrophy with horizontal nystagmus
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 15, 2006
- Citation
- 0639149
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