The Board has determined that the veteran's bilateral chronic open angle glaucoma does not more nearly approximate the criteria for a higher evaluation than those for the assigned evaluation of 20 percent.
The deciding factor: The average concentric contraction of the veteran's visual field was found to be at least 50 degrees in each eye, which is within the range that warrants a 20 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 6080. The veteran's best corrected distant vision was 20/20 in both eyes.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Open Angle Glaucoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- July 16, 2002
- Citation
- 0207873
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