The Board denied service connection for loss of peripheral vision, finding that the Veteran did not sustain an eye injury during service and that his current condition is more likely related to a non-service connected brain aneurysm in 2000.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support an in-service injury or disease as the cause of the currently diagnosed bilateral left sided homonymous hemianopia, which results in loss of peripheral vision. The Veteran's own statements and medical records indicate that his current condition is related to a non-service connected brain aneurysm.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of peripheral vision, bilateral left sided homonymous hemianopia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 7, 2021
- Citation
- 21073173
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