The Board denied the Veteran's attempts to reopen his claims of entitlement to service connection for residuals of bilateral conjunctivitis and corneal abrasion, as well as a dry eye condition. The evidence submitted did not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate these claims.
The deciding factor: The new evidence did not show any relationship between the Veteran's current diagnosed conditions and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of bilateral conjunctivitis and corneal abrasion, dry eye condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19115841
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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