The Board has determined that the Veteran's right eye disabilities, specifically right eye hypertension and cataracts, are not related to service or his service-connected left eye disability. The evidence does not support a finding of a connection between these conditions.
The deciding factor: Multiple medical opinions have concluded that there is no causal relationship between the Veteran's right eye disabilities and either his service or his service-connected left eye disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Eye Hypertension, Right Eye Cataracts
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 29, 2017
- Citation
- 1724835
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- Granted
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- Denied
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