The Board has granted service connection for a bilateral eye disability, including loss of vision, finding that the Veteran's current condition is at least as likely as not related to his military service. The decision resolves all reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The evidence is in relative equipoise regarding whether the Veteran's current bilateral eye disability had its onset during his active military service and is causally related to that service, with the Board finding the Veteran's lay statements consistent throughout the record and credible.
- 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
- January 31, 2020
- Citation
- 20008472
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