The veteran's claims for service connection of a left eye disorder and an increased evaluation for right eye enucleation are granted. An effective date of November 24, 1998 is assigned for the assignment of a 40 percent evaluation for right eye enucleation.
The deciding factor: An earlier effective date was granted based on the veteran's admission to a private hospital under TRICARE program which was equivalent to admission at a uniformed services hospital.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Eye Disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 24, 2003
- Citation
- 0336326
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