The Board has granted service connection for a traumatic cataract of the left eye and found that it is of service origin. The issue of an increased rating for pigmentation of the macula of the left eye will be addressed in conjunction with this grant.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner's findings indicated that the veteran sustained a blunt trauma to his left eye during active duty, which resulted in traumatic cataract and traumatic maculopathy. The Board found these conditions to be service-connected based on the inservice injury.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic cataract of the left eye, Pigmentation of the macula of the left eye
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 10, 2003
- Citation
- 0306950
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 541 · Granted: 32% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Related decisions
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- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for COPD, finding that his left eye disability does not meet the criteria for service connection. The issue of COPD is REMANDED to the Agency of Original Jurisdiction (AOJ).
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's service-connected traumatic cataract of the left eye, status post lensectomy, is rated at 30 percent and no higher due to his blindness in that eye. The claim for a rating in excess of 30 percent is denied.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's service-connected traumatic cataract of the left eye results in blindness in that eye, with only light perception. The right eye has a visual acuity of 20/100 and is not related to the left eye disability. Therefore, he does not meet criteria for a higher rating.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted an initial rating of 30 percent for the veteran's bilateral keratitis with traumatic cataract and glaucoma, effective from the date of the grant of service connection.
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