Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for blindness in both eyes, to include as secondary to PTSD.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's statements made close to the time of his gunshot injury were credible and not provoked by his service-connected PTSD, which prevented him from de-escalating a tense situation.
- Claimed conditions
- Blindness in both eyes
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25093239
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