The veteran is found to be blind in both eyes due to his cerebrovascular accident, and therefore meets the criteria for special monthly compensation on account of the need for aid and attendance.
The deciding factor: The veteran's best corrected visual acuity is currently less than 5/200 in each eye, meeting the VA regulatory criteria for blindness.
- Claimed conditions
- Left homonymous hemianopia, Diplopia and vision loss secondary to cerebrovascular accident (CVA), Arteriosclerotic heart disease with hypertension, Residuals of a CVA, Residuals of an injury of the right radius and ulna, Hearing loss in the left ear, Otitis externa and media of the left ear, Residuals of a postoperative pilonidal cystectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- October 27, 2000
- Citation
- 0028376
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for hearing loss in the left ear as there is no evidence of a current disability meeting VA criteria.
- Denied
The Veteran's left ear hearing loss is rated as Level I, which corresponds to a noncompensable rating. The Board denied the claim for an initial compensable rating.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that the Veteran does not have a current disability of hearing loss in the left ear for VA purposes, and thus denied service connection. For the right ear, the Board found that there is no evidence to support a finding that the Veteran's hearing loss was incurred during service.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for pre-existing hearing loss in both the right and left ears, finding that there was an increase in severity during service without clear and unmistakable evidence of natural progression. The Veteran's exposure to noise trauma while on active duty is acknowledged, as are his symptoms of hearing loss since discharge.
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