The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of an eye injury, including a retinal tear of the left eye with history of vitreous floaters and iritis, retinal artery occlusion of the right eye and myopia. The evidence submitted since the October 1988 denial did not provide new or material evidence to support reopening the claim.

The deciding factor: The evidence submitted was insufficient to establish a causal relationship between the veteran's current eye disabilities and his service, as it failed to show that any of these conditions were incurred during service or due to a service-connected disease or injury.

Claimed conditions

retinal tear of the left eye, history of vitreous floaters and iritis, retinal artery occlusion of the right eye, myopia

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

February 25, 2002

Citation

0201813

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