The Veteran's claim for service connection for peripapillary atrophy of the right eye was denied due to lack of evidence. The claim for left ankle pain has been reopened and is pending further determination.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence sufficient to reopen the previously denied claim for left ankle pain has been received, but the relationship between the current condition and service remains unclear.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripapillary atrophy of the right eye, Left ankle pain
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 30, 2023
- Citation
- 23005842
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