Edward Harris, Claimant-Appellant v. Togo D. West, Jr., Secretary of Veterans Affairs

BRYSON, Circuit Judge.

Edward Harris, a veteran, appeals from the judgment of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, which held that a problem with his eyesight was not shown to be service connected. We affirm.

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Mr. Harris served on active duty in the United States Army from August 1949 to November 1952. In 1959, he made a claim of service connection for an eye condition known as retinitis pigmentosa. The Board of Veterans’ Appeals denied his claim at that time, and in 1978 and 1988 the Board denied requests to reopen his claim. In 1989, Mr. Harris requested that his claim of service…