The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral blindness, finding that there is no evidence to support a link between his current condition and his military service.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not show any pre-service or in-service incidents related to vision loss, and the Veteran did not provide credible testimony linking his current condition to his time in service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral blindness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2019
- Citation
- A19002895
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
The Board has granted the appellant's claim for service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disability, finding that it is due to noise exposure in service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to the veteran's request for a hearing before the Board of Veterans' Appeals. The issues remain unresolved and need further review.
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