The Board has determined that the Veteran's epiphora of the left eye is related to his military service and grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no nexus between the Veteran's current visual defects and his service, but did not address the punctal stenosis causing epiphora. The Board therefore finds that the evidence is in equipoise regarding whether the Veteran's epiphora was caused by or related to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- epiphora, left eye injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 18, 2015
- Citation
- 1511483
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