The Board has granted service connection for right eye blepharitis and essential blepharospasm as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected left eye cataract surgery residuals. The remaining right eye disabilities are not related to his active service or any service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: The October 2012 VA examiner found that the right eye conditions, including refractive error and dermatochalasis, were not caused by his service-connected left eye cataract surgery residuals. The Board also noted that there was no evidence of a direct relationship between any diagnosed right eye disorder and active service.
- Claimed conditions
- right eye blepharitis, essential blepharospasm
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 19, 2016
- Citation
- 1640978
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- Denied
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