The Board denied the appellant's claims of service connection for blurred vision of the left eye and herniated discs, L4-5, with degenerative disc disease (DDD), finding that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen these previously denied claims.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was presented to support the reopened claims for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- blurred vision of the left eye, herniated discs, L4-5, with degenerative disc disease (DDD)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 25, 2005
- Citation
- 0520242
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- Remanded (sent back)
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