The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeal for service connection for a right eye injury with blindness. The claim for bilateral shoulder disorder was denied as there is no evidence of any in-service injury or disease related to this condition. Service connection for a dental disorder was also denied due to lack of medical evidence linking the current condition to military service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claims were not supported by credible medical evidence showing an in-service injury or disease that could be linked to his current conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Eye Injury with Blindness, Bilateral Shoulder Disorder, Dental Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 1, 2009
- Citation
- 0916311
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