The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a visual disability, finding that it is not related to his active service or any service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of evidence did not support a finding that the Veteran’s visual disability was incurred in service or due to his diabetes mellitus type 2.
- Claimed conditions
- Visual disability, Lattice retinal degeneration, Vitreous degeneration
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 14, 2018
- Citation
- 18126160
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