The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for arthritis, defective vision (myopic astigmatism), and heart disease. The appeals were not granted as new and material evidence was not submitted in support of these claims.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was presented to reopen any of the previously denied claims.
- Claimed conditions
- Arthritis, Defective vision, Heart disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 5, 2012
- Citation
- 1200290
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