An initial rating of 10 percent for PFB prior to October 16, 2018 is granted. The application to reopen the previously denied claim of entitlement to service connection for recurrent left eye conjunctivitis is granted. Entitlement to service connection for a bilateral eye disorder, including recurrent conjunctivitis, lacrimal duct stenosis, glaucoma, and cataracts, is remanded.
The deciding factor: The new evidence received since the last final denial supports a possible relationship between the Veteran's current eye disorders and his active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- Pseudofolliculitis Barbae (PFB), Recurrent left eye conjunctivitis, Lacrimal duct stenosis, Glaucoma, Cataracts
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- June 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19142394
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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