The Veteran's claims for bilateral eye disability, kidney disease, left and right ear hearing loss, and tinnitus have been denied as the evidence does not support a finding that these conditions are related to service or any in-service injury, event, or exposure.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence is against a finding that the Veteran's bilateral eye disability, kidney disease, left and right ear hearing loss, and tinnitus were incurred during service or are otherwise related to an in-service injury, event, or exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Bilateral Eye Disability","details":["Bilateral myopia with astigmatism","Presbyopia","Blurred vision","Glaucoma","Cataracts"]}, {"condition_name":"Kidney Disease","details":["Nephrolithiasis (kidney stones)"]}, {"condition_name":"Left Ear Hearing Loss","details":[]}, {"condition_name":"Right Ear Hearing Loss","details":[]}, {"condition_name":"Tinnitus","details":[]}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 6, 2019
- Citation
- 19160332
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What this means for you
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