The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection and increased rating, finding that the evidence did not support these claims.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that there was insufficient evidence to establish a direct link between the claimed conditions and the Veteran's military service or exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- corneal opacities, conjunctivitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 8, 2009
- Citation
- 0946534
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