The Board denied the application to reopen the claim for service connection for an eye disorder, to include hypermetropia and conjunctivitis, as new and material evidence was not submitted.
The deciding factor: The newly submitted evidence does not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim or raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating it.
- Claimed conditions
- hypermetropia, conjunctivitis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2009
- Citation
- 0908262
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
The Board granted a rating of 20 percent for dry eye syndrome, conjunctivitis, and pingueculae but remanded the claim for service connection for a lung condition due to potential exposure to burn pits.
- Dismissed
The appeal of the claim for service connection for hypermetropia was dismissed due to an impermissible concurrent review selection. The Board granted readjudication of the previously disallowed PTSD claim based on new and relevant evidence.
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