The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for scar tissue of the left eye, residuals of a stroke to include as due to service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II, and an eye disorder to include as due to service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a causal relationship between the Veteran's claimed conditions and his active-duty service or any service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- scar tissue of the left eye, residuals of a stroke, to include as due to service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II, eye disorder, to include as due to service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 4, 2021
- Citation
- 21061414
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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