The Board has determined that the Veteran's preexisting bilateral eye conditions were aggravated by his active duty service, and grants service connection for these conditions.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's preexisting bilateral eye conditions were aggravated as a result of incidents during his second period of active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Eye Condition
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 9, 2010
- Citation
- 1013674
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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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