Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral dry eyes but denied service connection for a left knee disability and a left thumb disability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's current dry eye syndrome is related to his in-service PRK surgery, while the evidence does not support the existence of a current left knee or left thumb disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral dry eyes, Left knee disability, Left thumb disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25088742
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