The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a right eye injury, including cataracts, macular degeneration, and blepharitis, as there was no evidence to support a causal relationship between these conditions and his in-service right eye injury.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners opined that the Veteran's current right eye disabilities were not incurred in or caused by service, including his in-service right eye injury, due to their age-related nature and lack of medical consistency with the reported pain from the in-service injury.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a right eye injury, right eye cataracts, right eye macular degeneration, right eye blepharitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 3, 2023
- Citation
- 23000203
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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