The Board has determined that the Veteran's left corneal scar is not related to his military service and therefore denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: There was no evidence of a left eye injury or disorder during service, and any current left corneal scar is more likely due to a 1999 incident outside of service.
- Claimed conditions
- left corneal scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 13, 2018
- Citation
- 18110771
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