The Board has granted service connection for right eye blepharitis, finding that it was incurred in service. The Veteran's left eye blepharitis is already service-connected.
The deciding factor: The Board found the evidence to be at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's right eye blepharitis had its onset in service due to meibomian gland dysfunction, which affected both eyes.
- Claimed conditions
- right eye blepharitis, left eye blepharitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 30, 2013
- Citation
- 1317567
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