The Board finds that there is no competent evidence linking the veteran's current left eye disability to his service, including a 1976 injury. The claim for service connection for residuals of a left eye injury is denied.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence showing a link between the veteran's current left eye disability and his in-service injury or any other incident of service.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Eye Injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 20, 2007
- Citation
- 0708273
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