The Board has determined that the Veteran's currently shown bilateral eye disorder, including bilateral posterior vitreous detachment with vitreous floaters, is related to service and grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows complaints and findings of bilateral vitreous floaters during active service, and post-service findings of the same as well as underlying pathology of bilateral posterior vitreous detachment.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral posterior vitreous detachment, vitreous syneresis (floaters)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 1, 2011
- Citation
- 1112963
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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.
What you can do next
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