The Board denied the appellant's claims for service connection due to lack of new and material evidence for his right eye injury claim, but found that he had a current diagnosis of peripheral neuropathy of the feet related to cold injuries in service. The other claims were not well-grounded.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was submitted to reopen the right eye injury claim.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a right eye injury, cold injury to the feet, low back disorder, neck disorder, bilateral knee disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 15, 2000
- Citation
- 0012752
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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