The Board has granted service connection for left eye glaucoma and denied service connection for missing teeth for compensation purposes. The decision is based on the opinion that the Veteran's left eye glaucoma was caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury (TBI).
The deciding factor: The ophthalmologist opined that it was possible that the Veteran's current left eye glaucoma could have been caused by the in-service TBI.
- Claimed conditions
- left eye glaucoma, missing teeth
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 27, 2022
- Citation
- 22004494
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