The Veteran's defective vision is due to bilateral cataracts, which are not service-connected. The Board finds the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral eye disability must be denied as his current blurry vision is more likely caused by age-related changes in the native lens of the eyes rather than his service-connected TBI.
The deciding factor: The examiner concluded the Veteran's current blurry vision, caused by combined nuclear sclerotic and peripheral cortical cataracts, was not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury (TBI).
- Claimed conditions
- Defective vision, Bilateral cataract, Presbyopia, Dry eyes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 18, 2015
- Citation
- 1526103
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