The Board has granted restoration of a 20 percent rating for the veteran's left eye pigment disruption, with scotoma and status post traumatic macular detachment.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence showed improvement in the veteran's condition, warranting a reduction from 10 to 20 percent ratings.
- Claimed conditions
- left eye pigment disruption, scotoma, status post traumatic macular detachment
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- October 8, 2003
- Citation
- 0326923
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Denied
The VA has determined that the veteran's left eye condition, which includes pigment disruption and post-traumatic macular detachment, does not warrant an evaluation in excess of 20 percent.
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