The Board has determined that the Veteran's eye muscle imbalance was incurred in service and his bilateral knee arthritis is not presumed to have been incurred in service. The claim for eye muscle imbalance is granted, while the claim for bilateral knee arthritis remains denied.
The deciding factor: Medical evidence supports a finding of current disability for both conditions, with the exception that the VA examination report regarding the eye condition was inadequate and thus does not provide sufficient rationale to grant the claim. For the knee arthritis, there is no clear and unmistakable evidence showing it existed prior to service, but the Veteran's STRs do not document any knee injury or arthritis within one year of separation from service.
- Claimed conditions
- Eye Muscle Imbalance, Bilateral Knee Arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 1, 2011
- Citation
- 1113013
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