The Board has determined that service connection is warranted for the claimed left eye disability, including blindness in the left eye, chronic iridocyclitis, secondary glaucoma, and bilateral posterior synechiae. These conditions are related to an injury during Active Duty for Training (ACDUTRA) in July 1994.
The deciding factor: The examiner concluded that the current diagnoses were most likely caused by chronic recurring iritis first diagnosed in 1994, which was triggered by the original left eye injury sustained during ACDUTRA in July 1994.
- Claimed conditions
- left eye blindness, chronic iridocyclitis, secondary glaucoma, posterior synechiae
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 7, 2014
- Citation
- 1449775
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