The Board has determined that the effective date for the payment of disability compensation for service-connected bilateral chorioretinitis is February 10, 2000.
The deciding factor: The veteran's informal claim to reopen his previously denied claim for service-connected bilateral chorioretinitis was received on February 10, 2000.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral chorioretinitis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 16, 2007
- Citation
- 0708020
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection for bilateral chorioretinitis has been dismissed due to the death of the appellant.
- Denied
The Board finds that the appellant's pre-existing bilateral eye disorder, to include chorioretinitis and blindness, was not aggravated by his military service, and such may not be presumed.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for bilateral chorioretinitis as new and material evidence was not submitted.
- Granted
The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection due to new evidence showing that his bilateral chorioretinitis likely occurred during his military service. The condition was not present prior to enlistment.
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