The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been received to reopen the Veteran's claims for service connection for an injury to the jaw and an injury to the right eye with residual headache and dizzy spells. The claims are therefore denied.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was submitted to support the reopening of the Veteran's previously denied claims.
- Claimed conditions
- injury to the jaw, injury to the right eye with residual headache and dizzy spells
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 8, 2018
- Citation
- 1808004
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