The Board has determined that a 10 percent disability rating for defective vision of the left eye is appropriate and denied any higher rating.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence showed no aggravation of pre-existing conditions, and the veteran's visual impairment did not significantly impact his employment or daily life.
- Claimed conditions
- Defective vision of the left eye
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 26, 2001
- Citation
- 0125375
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's service-connected defective vision of the left eye is currently rated at 30 percent, which is the maximum schedular rating available under VA regulations. The claim for an increased rating is denied.
- Whole decision: Denied
The evidence submitted since the last final denial in August 1997 does not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to establish the claim and does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim, thus the application to reopen a claim for service connection for defective vision of the left eye is denied.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected defective vision of the left eye warrants a maximum rating of 30 percent, as anatomical removal or blindness in both eyes is not shown.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted a 10 percent rating for defective vision of the left eye secondary to left eyebrow scar, effective October 6, 2003.
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