The Board has granted an effective date of November 8, 1973 for the grant of service connection for bilateral chorioretinitis. The issue of whether new and material evidence has been presented to reopen a claim for service connection for a chronic stomach disability remains unresolved.
The deciding factor: The private medical evidence submitted in November 1973 identified choroidal lesions in the left eye, constituting an informal claim for increased rating for chorioretinitis of the right eye. This was confirmed on VA examination in September 1979, warranting an effective date of November 8, 1973.
- Claimed conditions
- chorioretinitis, chronic stomach disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 15, 2000
- Citation
- 0024635
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What this means for you
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for his left eye scar, secondary to toxoplasmosis, due to incomplete development and lack of an updated examination. The issue is being returned for further development.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for chorioretinitis has been reopened due to the submission of new and material evidence. Service connection is granted.,Service connection for degenerative arthritis of the mid-back remains pending as it was remanded by the Board.
- Whole decision: Denied
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