The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection of bilateral cataracts, finding that there is no evidence to support a link between his current condition and his military service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran's bilateral cataracts are more likely than not age-related and unrelated to any event or injury in service.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral cataracts
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 12, 2022
- Citation
- 22001648
Veterans Law Judge
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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