The Board granted service connection for a left eye condition, to include defective vision with amblyopia, external strabismus, and exotropia, based on aggravation of a preexisting disability.
The deciding factor: The veteran's left eye disability increased in severity during his military service, and the increase was not due to the natural progress of the disease.
- Claimed conditions
- defective vision with amblyopia, external strabismus, exotropia
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 21, 2009
- Citation
- 0902168
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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