The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claims for service connection for a back condition, left eye injury, and impotency. The issues are now remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was provided for each of the reopened claims.
- Claimed conditions
- Back condition, Left eye injury, Impotency
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 16, 2003
- Citation
- 0335348
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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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- Partly granted
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- Dismissed
The appeal for the issues of PTSD, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus and sinusitis are dismissed as a matter of law. The claim for a compensable rating for hypertension is denied.
- Partly granted
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