The Board denied the veteran's petition to reopen his previously denied claim for service connection for an eye condition, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted since the July 1948 decision.
The deciding factor: The evidence received since the July 1948 denial was not both new and material as it did not provide a nexus between the veteran's current eye condition and service.
- Claimed conditions
- Eye condition
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 3, 2004
- Citation
- 0421142
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