The Board denied the Veteran's request to readjudicate his claims for service connection for right and left eye disabilities, finding that new and relevant evidence had not been submitted to warrant such a readjudication.
The deciding factor: No new and relevant evidence was received since the January 2019 rating decision to support reopening or granting the Veteran's claims for service connection for his right and left eye disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Left eye disability, Right eye disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 6, 2024
- Citation
- A24072686
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