The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for lumbar and left eye disabilities, finding no causal relationship between these conditions and his military service.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish a nexus between the claimed in-service injuries or exposures and the current disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar disability, left eye dryness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 18, 2018
- Citation
- 18119096
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