The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for an eye disorder and a right shoulder disorder, finding that new evidence did not meet the criteria to reopen his previously denied claims. The total disability rating based on individual unemployability claim is addressed in the remand section.
The deciding factor: New evidence submitted by the appellant was found not to be material to the issue of whether current eye and right shoulder disorders are related to service, as there was no new information or significant additional evidence that would support reopening the claims.
- Claimed conditions
- Eye disorder, Right shoulder disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 9, 2001
- Citation
- 0100451
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