The Board found that the Veteran's impaired vision other than glaucoma was not incurred or aggravated in service, but awarded service connection for his glaucoma as secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus. The effective date of this award is set at January 12, 2004.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the Veteran's impaired vision other than glaucoma was not incurred or aggravated in service and denied service connection for it. However, as glaucoma was found to be related to his service-connected diabetes mellitus, he was granted service connection for glaucoma secondary to his diabetes.
- Claimed conditions
- Impaired vision other than glaucoma, Glaucoma, Diabetes mellitus
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- May 19, 2015
- Citation
- 1521430
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