The Board has determined that the Veteran's current left eye trauma is related to his service, and thus grants the claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the Veteran’s claimed left eye condition was at least as likely as not incurred in or caused by the injury during active service.
- Claimed conditions
- left eye trauma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 13, 2018
- Citation
- 18125795
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