The Veteran's diagnosed low risk normal tension glaucoma with Adie's tonic pupil of the right eye is found to be incurred during his period of active duty service, and thus service connection is granted.
The deciding factor: Service treatment records show bilateral eye injuries and findings of pupil asymmetry in service, which are linked by a VA examiner to the Veteran's current diagnosed low risk normal tension glaucoma with Adie's tonic pupil of the right eye.
- Claimed conditions
- normal tension glaucoma, right eye Adie's tonic pupil
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 21, 2012
- Citation
- 1210524
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What this means for you
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