The Board denied the Veteran's attempt to reopen his service connection claim for right eye vision loss, including divergent strabismus, amblyopia, and cataract. The evidence received since the March 1998 rating decision was either cumulative or redundant of previous evidence.
The deciding factor: The new evidence did not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate service connection for a right eye disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- right eye vision loss, divergent strabismus, amblyopia, cataract
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 18, 2010
- Citation
- 1022629
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