The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for deteriorating eyesight in the left eye, an increased rating for panic disorder, and a total rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence linking the veteran's current left eye disability or his panic disorder to active service. The veteran's service-connected disabilities are not severe enough to prevent him from engaging in employment consistent with his education and occupational experience.
- Claimed conditions
- Deteriorating eyesight in the left eye, Damage to the left eye due to treatment at a VA facility in 2001, Panic disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 13, 2009
- Citation
- 0901249
Veterans Law Judge
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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