The Board finds that the Veteran's current bilateral eye disability, including refractive error and residuals of radial keratotomy, is not service-connected as it is due to developmental refractive error.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of evidence shows that the Veteran's current bilateral eye disability is due to his in-service refractive error which led to a subsequent procedure (radial keratotomy), and does not represent an injury or disease incurred during service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral eye disability, refractive error, residuals of radial keratotomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 22, 2010
- Citation
- 1023187
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