The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral optic atrophy and tinea versicolor, finding no new and material evidence to reopen the claims. The skin disability was rated at 30 percent prior to regulatory changes.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was submitted to reopen the claim for service connection for an eye disorder. The veteran's skin condition is currently rated at 30 percent, which aligns with the criteria for a 30 percent rating under DC 7806 (dermatitis or eczema) as of August 30, 2002.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral optic atrophy with constricted field of vision and decreased visual acuity, tinea versicolor, pedis, unguium and cruris with chronic lymphedema to scrotum and lichen simplex chronicus and vitiligo
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- March 12, 2007
- Citation
- 0707383
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