The Board has denied service connection for bilateral cataracts and glaucoma, finding that the Veteran's current conditions did not begin during active service or are otherwise related to an in-service injury. The claim for bilateral hearing loss was also denied as there is no evidence of a compensable degree of hearing loss within the applicable presumptive period.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's cataracts and glaucoma did not have their onset during active service or are otherwise related to an in-service injury, and his hearing loss disability was not caused by or a result of in-service noise exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral cataracts, Glaucoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 23, 2019
- Citation
- A19000676
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