The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection due to lack of new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was not submitted to reopen any of the veteran's claims.
- Claimed conditions
- head injury, eye condition, skin condition due to Agent Orange exposure
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 28, 2003
- Citation
- 0301565
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 999 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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