The Veteran's bilateral primary open-angle glaucoma is found to be due to his service-connected hypertension and thus granted as secondary.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established because the Veteran's glaucoma was found to be a result of his service-connected hypertension.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral primary open-angle glaucoma
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 9, 2014
- Citation
- 1425907
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What this means for you
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