The Board has determined that new and material evidence was presented to reopen the veteran's previously denied claim for service connection for a chronic eye disorder. The case is now before the Board on a de novo basis, but further examination is needed to determine the exact nature and etiology of the veteran's current eye disability.
The deciding factor: The examiner needs to clarify whether the veteran's current eye pathology is as likely as not the result of his service-connected sinusitis or some other incident during his period of active military service.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic eye disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 5, 2003
- Citation
- 0311548
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Decisions by this judge: 1,710 · Granted: 15% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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