The Board has determined that the submitted evidence is not new and material, thus denying the Veteran's applications to reopen his claims of entitlement to service connection for residuals of a back injury and residuals of a left eye injury.
The deciding factor: The newly received evidence does not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claims as it fails to show that either the Veteran's back or left eye disability was caused or aggravated by his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a back injury, residuals of a left eye injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 27, 2009
- Citation
- 0919672
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for a left knee disability, sinusitis, residuals of a left eye injury, dental injury to tooth 23, and hearing loss. The Veteran was granted an evaluation of 10 percent, but no greater, for a painful appendectomy scar.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for residuals of a back injury, head injury, and neck injury as the evidence did not support that these injuries occurred during or while traveling from active duty.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for sleep impairment and hearing loss of the right ear, and a 30 percent rating for residuals of a left eye injury from April 27, 1998. The claim for a higher rating was denied.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board denied higher initial ratings for the Veteran's lumbar spine, right lower extremity radiculopathy, left ear hearing loss, and left eye disability. However, service connection was granted for a cervical spine disability.
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