The Board has granted the reopening of the previously denied claim for service connection for ocular histoplasmosis and has determined that the appellant was disabled by a disease incurred in line of duty during his period of ACDUTRA, thus granting service connection.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least evenly balanced as to whether the appellant's ocular histoplasmosis was incurred during his period of active duty for training (ACDUTRA), and that period constitutes active military, naval, or air service due to disability from a disease or injury incurred in line of duty.
- Claimed conditions
- ocular histoplasmosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19127792
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- Remanded (sent back)
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