The Veteran's retinal vein occlusion of the left eye is service connected, while his nuclear sclerotic cataracts are not.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted for the Veteran's retinal vein occlusion of the left eye due to its relation to hypertension and obesity in-service. Service connection was denied for nuclear sclerotic cataracts as there was no evidence they were related to service or any other compensable condition.
- Claimed conditions
- retinal vein occlusion of the left eye, nuclear sclerotic cataracts
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 24, 2017
- Citation
- 1728968
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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