The Board has reopened the veteran's claims for service connection for heart disease, otitis, and glaucoma due to new evidence submitted since the last final decisions. The issues of service connection remain pending.
The deciding factor: New evidence was presented that supports a link between current conditions and service, including pre-service symptoms and inservice treatment.
- Claimed conditions
- Heart Disease (including Coronary Artery Disease), Otitis, Glaucoma
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 26, 2001
- Citation
- 0125292
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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