The Board has granted service connection for residuals of a left shoulder injury secondary to traumatic central chorioretinitis of the left eye with defective visual acuity. The veteran's current rating for his service-connected left eye disability is at its maximum, as he does not have any other non-service-connected eyes that are rated together with the left eye.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran's left shoulder injury was proximately due to or the result of his service-connected traumatic central chorioretinitis of the left eye. The rating for the left eye disability is at its maximum, as it does not meet the criteria for a higher evaluation based on anatomical loss of one eye.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic central chorioretinitis of the left eye with defective visual acuity, Residuals of a left shoulder injury
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- May 9, 2002
- Citation
- 0204269
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