The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been presented to reopen the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a bilateral eye disorder, including optic atrophy with horizontal nystagmus, claimed as secondary to herbicide exposure. The VA will now proceed to evaluate the merits of this claim.
The deciding factor: The submitted evidence is sufficient to reopen the veteran's claim based on new and material evidence related to his service connection for a bilateral eye disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- optic atrophy, horizontal nystagmus
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 29, 2003
- Citation
- 0318078
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a disability of the eyes, other than bilateral photophobia, as there was no evidence to support a nexus between the Veteran's eye conditions and his military service.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for a bilateral eye disorder was withdrawn by the Veteran and is therefore dismissed.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to the need for a VA medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's bilateral eye disability other than photophobia, specifically whether it is due to an injury superimposed on his existing refractive error.
- Dismissed
The appeals for service connection for optic atrophy, diabetes, and toxic exposure claims were dismissed due to untimely filings. The appeal for lipoma was remanded for further evidence.
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