The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a heart disability, entitlement to a compensable evaluation for bilateral hearing loss, and entitlement to an increased rating for left eye disability. The evidence received since the 1993 RO decision does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating these claims.
The deciding factor: The new and material evidence submitted by the Veteran does not provide sufficient information to establish service connection for a heart disability. The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is currently rated as noncompensable, and there is no evidence showing that his left eye disability has worsened beyond what is contemplated in the current rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Heart disability, Bilateral hearing loss, Left eye disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 28, 2010
- Citation
- 1015421
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- Denied
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