The Board found that the Veteran's bilateral eye disability, claimed as subfoveal choroidal neovascular membrane of the right eye, status post photodynamic therapy, was not present during active service and is not etiologically related to active service. The Board also determined that it is not proximately due to or the result of service-connected diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's bilateral eye disability did not manifest in service and there is no evidence linking it to his service-connected diabetes mellitus type II.
- Claimed conditions
- subfoveal choroidal neovascular membrane of the right eye, status post photodynamic therapy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 24, 2011
- Citation
- 1102995
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