The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for vision issues as secondary to his service-connected hypertension, finding that there was no evidence linking his vision problems to his hypertension.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran does not have a diagnosis of hypertensive retinopathy and that his vision issues are more likely due to dry eye syndrome and age-related cataracts rather than his service-connected hypertension.
- Claimed conditions
- vision issues
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 12, 2023
- Citation
- 23050464
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