The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been submitted to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for optic neuritis of the right eye, including as secondary to exposure to herbicides. As such, the claim remains denied.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was received to support the reopening of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Optic Neuritis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2008
- Citation
- 0839135
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