The Board denied the veteran's petition to reopen his claim of service connection for left fourth cranial nerve palsy, claimed as double vision. The evidence submitted since the October 1998 rating decision was not new and material.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not tend to show that the condition was present during service or caused by service.
- Claimed conditions
- left fourth cranial nerve palsy, double vision
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 2, 2004
- Citation
- 0424383
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