The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for a left eye disability and granted it, finding new evidence that relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim.
The deciding factor: New VA and private treatment records provided additional information about the Veteran's left eye condition, including possible worsening or additional diagnoses.
- Claimed conditions
- left eye farsightedness astigmatism presbyopia, horizontal diplopia, amblyopia of the right eye
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 22, 2015
- Citation
- 1526366
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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