The Board has determined that the Veteran's current right-eye disabilities are not related to his active service, including a claimed shell fragment injury. The evidence does not support findings indicating an in-service eye injury or disease.
The deciding factor: There is no clear and convincing evidence linking the Veteran's current eye conditions to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right-eye corneal scar, Senile cataracts (both eyes), Dry age-related macular degeneration, Peripheral corneal scar in right eye, Blepharitis, Nasal pterygium (both eyes), Dry eye
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 24, 2017
- Citation
- 1735126
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