The appeal to restore the 70 percent rating for loss of vision in the right eye due to macular degeneration was denied.,The claim for service connection for arthritis of multiple joints is not well grounded, as there is no credible evidence attributing post-service arthritis to service or an inservice injury.,The criteria for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability have not been met.
The deciding factor: The 70 percent evaluation was reduced due to clear and unmistakable error in the January 1997 rating decision, but the appellant's claim is not well grounded as there is no credible evidence of blindness in the nonservice-connected left eye.,There is no competent or credible evidence attributing post-service arthritis to service or an inservice injury. The claim for service connection is therefore not well grounded.,The criteria for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability have not been met as there is no established entitlement to such a rating.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of vision in the right eye due to macular degeneration, arthritis of multiple joints
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- March 16, 2000
- Citation
- 0007132
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- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
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