The Board found that the Veteran's current right and left eye disabilities were not incurred in or aggravated by service, as they predated his military service and are unrelated to any events during service.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations did not find a nexus between the current eye conditions and the Veteran's service. The examiner concluded that the incidents of injury occurred prior to his military service and were unrelated to his current symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Eye Injury, Left Eye Injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 14, 2014
- Citation
- 1436472
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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