The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been presented to reopen the veteran's previously denied claim for service connection for a left eye condition, including defective vision with amblyopia, external strabismus, and esotropia. The decision now requires consideration of this reopened claim.
The deciding factor: A recent medical statement suggests that a possible traumatic blow to the veteran's frontal skull area may have aggravated his pre-existing left eye condition, leading to worsening visual acuity.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Eye Condition, Defective Vision, Amblyopia, External Strabismus, Esotropia
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 17, 2002
- Citation
- 0204720
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for head trauma and left eye condition secondary to head trauma as there was no evidence of an in-service injury or related disability, and the Veteran's current conditions are not linked to his military service.
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