The Board has granted service connection for an acquired bilateral eye disorder, including presbyopia, astigmatism, bilateral incipient senile cataracts, dermatochalasis and bilateral pinguecula. The grant is based on the presumption that any diagnosed condition during active service was incurred therein.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's acquired eye disabilities are presumed to have been incurred in service due to diagnoses within three months of separation from service, resolving all doubts in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- presbyopia, astigmatism, bilateral incipient senile cataracts, dermatochalasis, bilateral pinguecula
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- March 27, 2017
- Citation
- 1709450
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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