The Board has reopened the claim for service connection of a right eye condition and granted it, finding new and material evidence to support the claim.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was submitted that supports the veteran's claim for service connection of her right eye condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Eye Condition
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 2, 2005
- Citation
- 0532486
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Denied
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