Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral eye photophobia, bilateral eye blepharitis, bilateral eye conjunctivitis, and left eye legal blindness based on the evidence being approximately evenly balanced as to whether these conditions are related to the Veteran's active duty service.
The deciding factor: The March 2025 VA examiner's opinion that the Veteran's bilateral eye conjunctivitis was at least as likely as not related to service, combined with the Veteran's consistent reports of in-service ocular trauma, supported a causal relationship between the in-service injury and the current disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral eye photophobia, bilateral eye blepharitis, bilateral eye conjunctivitis, left eye legal blindness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 4, 2025
- Citation
- 25013685
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