Granted
The Board granted service connection for dry eye syndrome, finding it to be related to the Veteran's in-service refractive eye surgery.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner determined that the Veteran's dry eye syndrome was less likely than not secondary to a service-connected disability and more likely due to the elective refractive procedure that occurred in service in July 2010.
- Claimed conditions
- dry eye syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 1, 2025
- Citation
- A25103173
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