The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral eye disorders and bilateral foot disorders, finding that there is no evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided did not establish a nexus between the current diagnoses of bilateral eye disorders and foot disorders and the Veteran's military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Eye Disorders, Bilateral Foot Disorders
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 8, 2020
- Citation
- 20058876
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