The Board denied entitlement to service connection for PTSD and a disability of the eyes, finding that there was no new evidence to reopen the claims.
The deciding factor: The veteran did not provide any new or material evidence to support his claims for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Type II diabetes mellitus, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Disability of the eyes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 3, 2004
- Citation
- 0411479
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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