The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a disorder of the left eye, a disorder of the left hand, and manifested by left-side weakness due to lack of medical nexus between current disabilities and service.
The deciding factor: There is no established medical nexus linking the current diagnosed conditions to service or any presumptive basis.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Eye Disorder, Disorder of the Left Hand, Manifested by Left-Side Weakness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 22, 2024
- Citation
- 24008748
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