Service connection for glaucoma and bilateral hearing loss is denied.,The claim for service connection for a skin condition of the face and back, to include pseudofolliculitis barbae/acne folliculitis barbae or chloracne or PCT was not reopened due to lack of new and material evidence. The claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD and MDD is granted as it has been reopened.
The deciding factor: The Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of glaucoma or bilateral hearing loss that can be linked to his military service.,The evidence submitted since the last denial did not provide new information about the Veteran's psychiatric condition, nor did it relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim for service connection. The evidence related to a current diagnosis of PTSD and MDD.
- Claimed conditions
- glaucoma, bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 2, 2018
- Citation
- 18146934
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- Denied
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- Granted
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