The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have an enlarged heart or glaucoma, and service connection for these conditions cannot be granted. The effective date of service connection for PTSD is denied.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of a current disability of an enlarged heart or glaucoma in the record, nor any nexus to service or service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Enlarged Heart, Glaucoma
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 8, 2018
- Citation
- 1828302
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- Denied
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