The Board found that the Veteran's present vision disability is not etiologically related to his active service and denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations did not find a direct link between the in-service eye injuries and the current visual disorders, and the examiner concluded that the symptoms of chronic corneal disease became manifest during a period after separation from service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of eye injuries
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 25, 2010
- Citation
- 1023819
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