The RO has denied the reopening of a previously denied claim for service connection due to lack of new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was submitted that would relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim for right eye disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Eye Disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 31, 2006
- Citation
- 0609345
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
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- Granted
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a right eye disorder and an increased rating for the left eye disability, but granted a separate 30% rating for disfigurement or scarring of the left eye.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to a failure to issue a Statement of the Case (SOC) regarding his claim for service connection for a right eye disorder. The case will be returned to the Board only if he files a substantive appeal.
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