The Board has denied the appellant's claims for service connection for a right eye disability, diabetes mellitus type II, and bilateral shoulder and arm disabilities due to lack of evidence showing an in-service injury or disease.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence linking any of the claimed conditions to the appellant’s active duty service. The only diagnosed condition related to service is the right eye disability, which was caused by a non-service-related incident involving a gun accident.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Allergic Conjunctivitis, Bilateral Refractive Error, Right Eye Aphakia, Right Eye Optic Neuropathy, Right Eye Retinal Scarring
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19194929
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