The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection and new and material evidence, finding no CUE in the RO's decision. The Veteran does not have currently diagnosed night blindness.
The deciding factor: The November 1997 rating decision found that the Veteran's color defect was a congenital defect unrelated to military service and denied service connection based on this finding.
- Claimed conditions
- night blindness, color defect
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 1, 2016
- Citation
- 1621815
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