The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral eye disability, to include loss of vision, finding that his current disabilities did not manifest in service or for long after and are not due to, and not aggravated by, his service or a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence is against the Veteran's claim as his current bilateral eye disabilities did not manifest in service or for long after and are not due to, and not aggravated by, his service or a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral eye disability, loss of vision
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19192107
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
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