The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected left eye disability did not cause or lead to his spinal cord injury, and thus denied his claim for secondary service connection.
The deciding factor: Service connection is denied because the veteran's service-connected left eye disability did not cause the April 1972 accident resulting in his spinal cord injury.
- Claimed conditions
- Spinal Cord Injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 13, 2007
- Citation
- 0725067
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