The Board has determined that the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for visual floaters was previously denied in December 1983 and no new and material evidence has been received since then. As a result, the claim is not reopened.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the previously denied claim of service connection for visual floaters.
- Claimed conditions
- visual floaters
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 17, 2005
- Citation
- 0504492
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