The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral pterygium and pinguecula, finding that there is no current diagnosis of these conditions and that they are not related to his military service.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence does not support a finding that the Veteran currently has a diagnosed condition or that any such condition was incurred in or aggravated by his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral pterygium, pinguecula
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 9, 2020
- Citation
- 20001903
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for left eye conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma and remanded the issue of service connection for an eye disability other than left eye conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma, to include dry eye syndrome and pinguecula.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial compensable evaluation for pinguecula as there was no evidence of scar or disfigurement with one characteristic of disfigurement.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for eye disabilities, to include retinopathy, bilateral nuclear cataracts, bilateral dermatochalasis, dry eye, and pinguecula, as the prior VA medical opinion regarding aggravation was found to be conclusory and lacked necessary medical reasoning.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for various scars and an eye condition due to a duty to assist error and a notice error.
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