The Board has granted the petition to reopen and is now addressing the issues of service connection for pituitary adenoma, right eye blindness, and gait disturbance.
The deciding factor: New evidence received since the April 1997 decision indicates a possible link between the current disabilities and military service.
- Claimed conditions
- pituitary adenoma, right eye blindness, gait disturbance
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 15, 2006
- Citation
- 0629159
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What this means for you
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