The Board denied the Veteran's claims of entitlement to a compensable initial rating for tuberculosis and service connection for an eye disability, finding that there was no current diagnosis of tuberculosis following moderately advanced lesions or any evidence linking his current eye condition to his time in service.
The deciding factor: The March 2014 examination did not find the Veteran to have a current diagnosis of tuberculosis following moderately advanced lesions. The examiner also opined that the Veteran's current eye disability was less likely than not caused by or related to his time in service and that no pre-existing eye condition aggravated by service was found.
- Claimed conditions
- tuberculosis, eye disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 4, 2018
- Citation
- 1826417
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