The Board has determined that the June 1968 rating decision contained clear and unmistakable error in denying service connection for a right eye disability. As a result, the Veteran's claim is granted as if it was awarded on the date of that decision.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed an increase in severity of the preexisting right eye injury during service, which was not due to natural progression and thus constituted aggravation.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Eye Disability
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19162678
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