The Board has granted service connection for bilateral eye disabilities and denied service connection for bilateral knee disabilities. The Veteran's venereal warts, strain of the 5th toe of the right foot, and radiculopathy of the right lower extremity are all rated as they were initially determined.
The deciding factor: The evidence submitted since the March 2007 rating decision is new and material, raising a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim for service connection for bilateral eye disabilities. The Veteran's knee complaints during VA treatment in March 2009 are not considered to be related to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Eye Disabilities, Bilateral Knee Disabilities
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 20, 2014
- Citation
- 1422811
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