The Board found that the veteran's left eye disorder is not related to his period of active military service or any period of ACDUTRA. As a result, the claim for service connection was denied.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not show that the veteran's current left eye disorders are related to his period of ACDUTRA service or active military service.
- Claimed conditions
- left eye ptosis, refractive error (left eye progressive myopia, astigmatism, and presbyopia), incipient senile cataracts, moderate nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy, degenerative myopia with posterior staphyloma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 20, 2008
- Citation
- 0840038
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's TDIU claim is granted from March 22, 2016. Prior to this date, the evidence does not show that his service-connected conditions precluded him from securing and following substantially gainful employment.
- Denied
The Board denied earlier effective dates for the grants of service connection for various conditions, including migraine headaches, obstructive sleep apnea, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, myasthenia gravis with right upper extremity muscle weakness, and others.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate examination and failure to address relevant evidence of scarring. The Veteran's left eye ptosis and/or scarring are being examined again to determine if they are related to service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate compliance with previous remand directives regarding a VA examination for an eye disability. The Veteran needs to be scheduled for a VA visual examination.
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