The Board has reopened the claims for service connection for impairment of visual acuity and residuals of a neck injury, but denied them on their merits. The veteran's claim for service connection for impairment of visual acuity is based on direct evidence, while his claim for residuals of a neck injury includes new medical evidence that raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
The deciding factor: The Board found that new and material evidence had been received to reopen the claims but did not find it sufficient to establish service connection as the evidence was cumulative and redundant of previous records.
- Claimed conditions
- impairment of visual acuity, residuals of a neck injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 1, 2006
- Citation
- 0622931
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