The appeal to reopen the claim of service connection for a neck disability is allowed.,The application to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for a right knee disability is denied.,The application to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for a right ankle disability is denied.,The application to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for a scar of the left eye is denied.,The application to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for a right eye disability, to include insignificant retinal pigment deposits and myopic astigmatism in the right eye (also claimed as benign neoplasm of chorial nevus) is denied.,As new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim of service connection for a left eye disability, other than a scar of the left eye and to include insignificant retinal pigment deposits and myopic astigmatism in the left eye (also claimed as benign neoplasm of chorial nevus), the appeal to this extent is allowed.,The application to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for hemorrhoids is denied.,The application to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for a left elbow disability, also claimed as nerve damage, is denied.,Entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD), to include alcohol abuse, anxiety condition, drug abuse, memory loss, mental disorder, and major depression, is denied.

The deciding factor: New and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim of service connection for a neck disability.,Evidence received since the March 2012 rating decision is cumulative and redundant of evidence already of record and does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims of service connection for right knee, right ankle, scar of the left eye, right eye disability, left eye disability (other than scar), hemorrhoids, left elbow disability, and acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD).,Evidence received since the March 2012 rating decision is cumulative and redundant of evidence already of record and does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim of service connection for right knee disability.,Evidence received since the March 2012 rating decision is cumulative and redundant of evidence already of record and does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim of service connection for right ankle disability.,Evidence received since the March 2012 rating decision is cumulative and redundant of evidence already of record and does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim of service connection for scar of the left eye.,Evidence received since the March 2012 rating decision is cumulative and redundant of evidence already of record and does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim of service connection for right eye disability, to include insignificant retinal pigment deposits and myopic astigmatism (also claimed as benign neoplasm of chorial nevus).,Evidence received since the March 2012 rating decision is new and material because it had not previously been submitted, is not cumulative or redundant of evidence already of record at the time of the prior rating decision, and raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim of service connection for left eye disability other than scar of the left eye.,Evidence received since the March 2012 rating decision is cumulative and redundant of evidence already of record and does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim of service connection for hemorrhoids.,Evidence received since the August 2015 rating decision is cumulative and redundant of evidence already of record and does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim of service connection for left elbow disability (also claimed as nerve damage).,New and material evidence has not been submitted to reopen the claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD.

Claimed conditions

neck disability, right knee disability, right ankle disability, scar of the left eye, right eye disability, left eye disability (other than scar), hemorrhoids, left elbow disability, acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD)

How they argued it

Reopened with new and material evidence

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

February 13, 2019

Citation

19111336

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