The Board denied the reopening of the claim for service connection for refractive error and presbyopia, finding that new and material evidence had not been received.
The deciding factor: The additional medical evidence did not offer any new or probative information showing a superimposed disease or injury related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- refractive error, presbyopia
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 13, 2010
- Citation
- 1002157
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What this means for you
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