The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for an eye condition, gastrointestinal disability, and sterilization. The claim for a higher initial rating for hearing loss is being remanded.
The deciding factor: There is no credible evidence of an in-service eye injury or continuity of symptoms since service that would support a finding of service connection for the Veteran's claimed eye condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Eye Condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 17, 2016
- Citation
- 1624379
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