The Board has granted service connection for right eye keratitis sicca, but denied service connection for any right eye refractive error that is not a manifestation of the keratitis.
The deciding factor: A VA medical professional attributed the right eye keratitis sicca to an injury in service and found it reasonable to assume that both eyes were injured during service. The absence of earlier documentation of right eye pathology was considered as evidence supporting the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- right eye refractive error, keratitis sicca
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- July 17, 2012
- Citation
- 1224622
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