The Board denied service connection for a vision disability, finding that the evidence does not support a link between the Veteran's condition and his military service or any service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the Veteran's vision disabilities (high eye pressure/glaucoma and cataracts) are less likely than not related to his service or secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II.
- Claimed conditions
- vision disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 5, 2024
- Citation
- 24000783
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
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