The Board denied the Veteran's petitions to reopen his claims for service connection for right eye disability, left eye disability, and residuals of head injury including TBI and headache. The evidence did not show that these conditions were incurred or aggravated by service.
The deciding factor: The recent evidentiary submissions did not provide new and material evidence to support the Veteran's assertions regarding his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Eye Disability, Left Eye Disability, Residuals of Head Injury (including TBI and Headache)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 27, 2017
- Citation
- 1729582
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