The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a visual impairment associated with his TBI, finding that there is no current objectively supported visual impairment other than correctible refractive errors.
The deciding factor: The weight of the evidence against the presence of a current, objectively supported visual impairment other than correctible refractive errors at any time during the claim period.
- Claimed conditions
- visual impairment, blurred vision
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19160471
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What this means for you
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- Granted
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- Denied
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