The Board has granted service connection for right dry eye syndrome, finding that it is etiologically related to the Veteran's military service. The issue of entitlement to service connection for a right eye condition other than cataracts and right dry eye syndrome remains pending.
The deciding factor: The March 2013 VA addendum opinion concluded that the Veteran's right dry eye syndrome was causally related to his period of active duty service, including an injury suffered during such service.
- Claimed conditions
- right dry eye syndrome, anisometropic amblyopia, right eye, dry eye syndrome both eyes, congenital macular/retinal anomaly with amblyopia of the right eye, myopia fundus with lattice degeneration and a degenerative hole of the right eye
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 14, 2017
- Citation
- 1727625
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