The Board has granted service connection for a sinus disability and denied service connection for a bilateral eye disability. The sinus disability is found to be directly related to the Veteran's period of active duty, while her bilateral eye disability is not shown to be causally related to service or any other condition.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner provided no clear opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran’s diagnosed pinguecula and dry eye syndrome, leaving the Board with insufficient evidence to establish a direct relationship between these conditions and service.
- Claimed conditions
- sinus disability, bilateral eye disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- November 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19184338
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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