The Board denied service connection for right eye enucleation and found the appellant not eligible for nonservice-connected VA pension benefits due to lack of qualifying military service.
The deciding factor: The appellant's service was verified as ACDUTRA, but no active duty or wartime service was established. The appellant did not meet the legal definition of a 'veteran' for non-service connected pension purposes.
- Claimed conditions
- anatomical loss of the right eye
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 2, 2007
- Citation
- 0703275
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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