The Board has determined that the veteran's posterior subcapsular cataracts are not related to her military service and therefore denied her claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence linking the veteran's current eye disability to her military service, including exposure to jet fuel.
- Claimed conditions
- Posterior subcapsular cataracts
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 27, 2008
- Citation
- 0829096
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