The Veteran's claim for service connection for blindness was denied as there is no evidence of an in-service injury or disease that caused his current vision problems, and the medical opinion found no link between any potential head trauma during service and his blindness.
The deciding factor: Medical opinions consistently found no direct link between the Veteran's service and his current eye disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- blindness, eye disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 25, 2015
- Citation
- 1549858
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