The Board is considering whether new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claims for service connection for incomplete optic atrophy of the left eye and a psychiatric disorder. The Veteran's claim for incomplete optic atrophy of the left eye was previously denied in March 2003, but no new and material evidence has been provided since then.
The deciding factor: The Board is examining whether the submitted evidence raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Incomplete optic atrophy of the left eye, Psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 15, 2011
- Citation
- 1114848
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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