The Board has determined that the Veteran's diagnosed eye disorders, including POAG and other conditions, are not shown to be related to military service or a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no evidence linking the Veteran's service-connected tuberculosis to his current glaucoma, and there was no association between pulmonary tuberculosis and POAG.
- Claimed conditions
- primary open angle glaucoma (POAG), status post trabeculectomy with mitomycin C (MMC) right eye, status post Argon laser trabeculoplasty (ALT) both eyes, iritis left eye, band keratopathy left eye, glaucoma suspect, pseudophakia both eyes status post YAG laser capsulotomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 31, 2016
- Citation
- 1621724
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