The veteran's claim for service connection for ocular histoplasmosis was reopened and granted based on new evidence linking the condition to his military service.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim by relating the veteran's ocular histoplasmosis to his exposure to Histoplasma Capsulatum during his service at a Maryland military facility.
- Claimed conditions
- ocular histoplasmosis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2009
- Citation
- 0903113
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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