The Board has determined that the appellant's hypertensive retinopathy is proximately due to his service-connected hypertension and cardiovascular disease. The Board also found no evidence of any other current right or left eye disorders (including vitreous floaters, refractive error, hyperopia, astigmatism, and/or myopic presbyopia) being proximately due to or the result of an incident of service or a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The appellant's hypertensive retinopathy is found to be related to his service-connected hypertension and cardiovascular disease. No other current eye disorders are found to have been caused by service or service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- myopic presbyopia, vitreous floaters
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- September 20, 2010
- Citation
- 1035459
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