The Board denied service connection for asthenopia, bilateral eyes as there is no current disability and the Veteran's symptoms are not supported by objective medical evidence.
The deciding factor: There is no current diagnosed bilateral eye disability that meets VA compensation criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- asthenopia, bilateral eyes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 24, 2020
- Citation
- A20017464
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