The Board denied service connection for vision/eye disabilities, including myopia, floppy eyelid syndrome, and diabetes mellitus without retinopathy. The Veteran's pre-existing eye/vision disability was found to have existed prior to service and not aggravated by service.
The deciding factor: The pre-existing eye/vision disability was found to be clearly and unmistakably not aggravated beyond its natural progression during service.
- Claimed conditions
- myopia, floppy eyelid syndrome, diabetes mellitus without retinopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 2, 2019
- Citation
- 19124464
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Decisions by this judge: 2,456 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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