The Board has granted service connection for a heart condition to include a heart murmur, finding that the Veteran's current heart disability is related to his service. However, service connection was denied for a vision condition due to lack of evidence showing an in-service injury or disease.
The deciding factor: The Board found no evidence of an in-service injury or disease causing the decrease in visual acuity, and thus could not establish service connection for the Veteran's congenital refractive errors.
- Claimed conditions
- Heart condition (including heart murmur), Vision condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 17, 2024
- Citation
- A24026155
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