The Board has granted service connection for a corneal scar of the right eye, finding that the current diagnosis is related to an injury in service.
The deciding factor: The foreign body removed from the Veteran's right eye during active duty and his current corneal scar are linked by the examiner's opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- corneal scar of the right eye
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 24, 2014
- Citation
- 1447245
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