The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for amblyopia of the left eye, finding that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the claim.
The deciding factor: The newly submitted evidence was found to be cumulative and redundant, and did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- amblyopia of the left eye
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 20, 2017
- Citation
- 1722914
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- Dismissed
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