The Board has determined that the Veteran's current retinal floaters and macular scar of the left eye are related to his military service, granting service connection for both conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner provided a reasonable basis to support a finding that the Veteran's current vitreous floaters and macular scar of the left eye could possibly be related to trauma, such as boxing or being hit in the head during military service.
- Claimed conditions
- retinal floaters, macular scar of the left eye
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 22, 2014
- Citation
- 1437627
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