The Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of residuals of right eye trauma, and thus the claim for service connection is denied.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of a current disability related to the claimed in-service injury or disease.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of right eye trauma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2013
- Citation
- 1334804
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