The Board denied service connection for loss of vision of the right eye, finding that the Veteran's current condition is not related to his military service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no direct causal link between the Veteran's current right eye disability and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of vision of the right eye, presbyopia of both eyes, incipient cataracts of both eyes, keratoconus with an onset date in 1977
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19122089
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,890 · Granted: 32% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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