The Board has reopened the claim for service connection of eye disability due to new evidence showing that pre-existing chorioretinitis worsened during service. The claim is granted as the veteran's vision impairment was aggravated by service.
The deciding factor: The pre-existing condition (chorioretinitis) worsened during service, constituting aggravation.
- Claimed conditions
- chorioretinitis, vision impairment
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2002
- Citation
- 0215356
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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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- Dismissed
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- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during its pendency.
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