The Veteran's current bilateral eye disorder is a refractive error of the eyes, which is not considered a disease or injury for VA purposes and provides no basis for service connection.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence shows that the Veteran does not have a current eye disability other than a refractive error, and there are no superimposed diseases or injuries upon which service connection can be based.
- Claimed conditions
- Refractive error of the eyes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 17, 2015
- Citation
- 1530642
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