The Board has granted service connection for a low back disorder and left eye disorder, finding that the evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether these conditions had their onset during or are otherwise related to the Veteran's periods of active service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was sufficient evidence to support an opinion that the current disorders may be linked to service, even though a VA examiner initially disagreed.
- Claimed conditions
- Low back disorder (including arthritis), Left eye disorder (including chronic BRVO)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19114954
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Decisions by this judge: 2,776 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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