The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including a left eye injury and back injury. The appeals were based on direct evidence rather than presumptive exposure or new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was presented to reopen any of the previously denied claims.
- Claimed conditions
- left eye injury, back injury, bladder cancer, heart disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 7, 2000
- Citation
- 0014978
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