The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current compensable eye disability and there is no evidence of an in-service injury or disease. Therefore, service connection for an eye disorder cannot be granted.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence showing the presence of a current eye disability, and the Veteran's single reported eye complaint during service was resolved without any diagnosed condition being found. The Board finds that the Veteran does not have a compensable eye disability to support his claim for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- eye irritation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 10, 2011
- Citation
- 1117864
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