Dismissed
The appeal seeking an earlier effective date for service connection for bilateral dry eye syndrome is dismissed.
The deciding factor: The claim violates the rule of finality and cannot be made as a free-standing claim without asserting clear and unmistakable error (CUE).
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral dry eye syndrome
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25091884
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